personal pronoun

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personal pronoun (plural personal pronouns)

1. A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
   1. The person or people speaking. (first person)
   2. The person or people spoken to. (second person)
   3. Another person or group of people. (third person)
   • 1983, Fred Small (lyrics and music), “Annie”, in The Heart of the Appaloosa:

     Mondays come with questions of couples
     Where and with whom did you go?
     Avoiding the personal pronoun
     She hopes it doesn't show
     Shopping with her lover in the city
     Two women holding hands don't get a stare
     If the kids at school knew what they do
     Would they hate her? Why should they care?

2. Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.

• pronoun

• English inflection
• Appendix:English personal pronouns

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