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Pronouns

There are four kinds of pronouns...

Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives	Possessive Pronouns
I	me	my	mine
you	you	your	yours
he, she, it	him, her, it	his, her, its	his, hers, its
we	us	our	ours
you	you	your	yours
they	them	their	theirs

They each take a different position in a sentence:

• I always sit with John in class.
• John always sits with me in class.
• I have my book on my desk.
• The book on John's desk is his.

Subject pronouns take the place of subjects in sentences.

• I always sit with John in class.

Object pronouns take the place of objects in sentences.

• John always sits with me in class.

Possessive adjectives are used like adjectives in sentences. Like other adjectives, they come before the noun they describe.

• I have my book on my desk.

Possessive pronouns are used like pronouns in sentences. Like other pronouns, they are used instead of nouns.

• The book on John's desk is his.

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