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concepts of number and gender to pronouns, as well as to learn
a new concept—grammar person.
Form refers to the qualities and characteristics
that pronouns have in common.
3.5 Grammar Person
Grammar Person Number
1 Person speaking Singular Pronoun
I, you, he, she, it
2 Person spoken to
3 Person or thing Plural Pronoun
spoken about we, you, they
Gender
he Masculine Pronoun
she Feminine Pronoun
it Neuter Pronoun
The concept of grammar person is one of the most important
concepts of this chapter. In Chapter 4, Verbs, you will also see
how this concept is used when conjugating verbs.
A personal pronoun shows by its form whether it refers to the
person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or thing
spoken about.
Every personal pronoun is classified by whether
it is first, second, or third person.
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