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I miss you.

(pronoun as subject and object)

[identifying someone in a photograph]

That’s him, there, standing behind you.

(pronouns as subject, complement and complement of preposition)

There are several different classes of pronoun: personal pronouns, possessive

pronouns, reflexive pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, relative pronouns,

interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns. Each is

treated in a separate section in this chapter.

Although pronouns have noun-like characteristics, they are only rarely

modified. Exceptions to this rule normally involve postmodification:

I’m talking to him

over there

.

You

in the corner

. Come here please.

Premodified examples usually involve adjectives:

Have you got a cold again?

Poor

you.

Oh,

silly

me! I went to the post office and still forgot to post that letter.

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS

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General

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Personal pronouns have subject and object forms: