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Lesson Two Grammar Explanation

Personal Pronouns

Pronouns as subjects:	I	you	he	she	it	we	you	they
Examples:	I am here.	You are there.	He is in a meeting.	She is on the phone.	It is in the office,	We are at work.	You are at work.	They are in the office.
Pronouns as objects:	me	you	him	her	it	us	you	them
Examples:	John knows me.	John met you.	John introduced him.	John met her.	John knows it.	John introduced us.	John knows you.	John met them.
Pronouns as indirect objects use prepositions such as to, for, at, with, etc.:	to me	to you	to him	to her	to it	to us	to you	to them
Examples:	Sam introduced Kathy to me.	Sam introduced Kathy to you.	Sam introduced Kathy to him.	Sam introduced Kathy to her.	Sam introduced Kathy to it.	Sam introduced Kathy to us.	Sam introduced Kathy to you.	Sam introduced Kathy to them.
Possessive pronouns:	mine	yours	his	hers	its	ours	yours	theirs
Examples:	This is mine.	These are yours.	That is his.	Those are hers.	This is its.	That is ours.	These are yours.	Those are theirs.
Examples with the preposition of:	Peter is a colleague of mine.	Peter is a friend of yours.	Peter is a coworker of his.	Peter is an employee of hers.	This is a department of its.	Peter is an assistant of ours.	Peter is a colleague of yours.	Peter is a friend of theirs.
Possessive pronouns (adjectives):	my	your	his	her	its	our	your	their
Examples:	Laura is my boss.	Laura is your colleague.	Laura is his friend.	Laura is her friend.	Laura is its leader.	Laura is our employee.	Laura is your superior.	Laura is their coworker.
Reflexive pronouns:	myself	yourself	himself	herself	itself	ourselves	yourselves	themselves
Examples:	I introduced myself.	You introduced yourself.	He introduced himself.	She introduced herself.	It introduced itself.	We introduced ourselves.	You introduced yourselves.	They introduced themselves.

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