personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are pronouns that stand in for previously named or implied people, things, or groups. All personal pronouns in English are listed below.
Singular pronouns:
| Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |
| First person | I | me | my, mine |
| Second person | you | you | your, yours |
| Third person | he, she, it | him, her, it | his, her, hers, its |
Plural pronouns:
| Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |
| First person | we | us | our, ours |
| Second person | you | you | your, yours |
| Third person | they | them | their, theirs |
There are a few personal pronoun usage rules:
1. If the pronoun is the subject of a sentence or clause, it is in the nominative case—for example,
I went to school, and she went to work.
2. If the pronoun is the object of a verb, it must be in the objective form:
She asked me a question.
3. Pronouns that are objects of prepositions are always in the objective case:
They don’t care about her or me.
4. When a pronoun is the subject of an infinitive verb, it’s always in the objective case:
We shouted for them to play another tune.
