Editing Pronoun (section)

==== Personal ====
{{main|Personal pronoun|English personal pronouns}}

{| class="wikitable floatright" border="1"
|+English personal pronouns<ref name="Borjars" />{{rp|52}}
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! rowspan="2" |Person
! rowspan="2" |Number
! colspan="2" |Case
|-
! Subject !! Object
|-
| rowspan="2" |''First''||''Singular''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''I'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''me'''
|-
|''Plural''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''we'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''us'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |''Second''||''Singular''|| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''you'''
|-
|''Plural''
|-
| rowspan="5" |''Third''|| rowspan="4" |''Singular''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''he'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''him'''
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |'''she'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''her'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''it'''
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |'''they'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''them'''

|-
|''Plural/[[Epicene]]''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''they'''|| style="text-align: center;" |'''them'''
|}
Personal pronouns may be classified by [[Grammatical person|person]], [[Grammatical number|number]], [[Grammatical gender|gender]] and [[Grammatical case|case]]. English has three persons (first, second and third) and two numbers (singular and plural); in the third person singular there are also distinct pronoun forms for male, female and neuter gender.<ref name="Borjars" />{{rp|52–53}} Principal forms are shown in the adjacent table.

English personal pronouns have two cases, ''subject'' and ''object''. [[Subject pronoun]]s are used in [[Subject (grammar)|subject]] position ('''''I''' like to eat chips, but '''she''' does not''). [[Object pronoun]]s are used for the [[Object (grammar)|object]] of a verb or [[preposition]] (''John likes '''me''' but not '''her''''').<ref name="Borjars" />{{rp|52–53}}

Other distinct forms found in some languages include:

*[[T–V distinction|Second person informal and formal pronouns]] (the T–V distinction), like ''tu'' and ''vous'' in French. Formal second person pronouns can also signify plurality in many languages. There is no such distinction in standard modern English, though Elizabethan English marked the distinction with ''[[thou]]'' (singular informal) and ''you'' (plural or singular formal). Some dialects of English have developed [[You#Informal plural forms|informal plural second person pronouns]], for instance, ''y'all'' ([[Southern American English]]) and ''you guys'' ([[American English]]).
*[[Inclusive and exclusive we|Inclusive and exclusive first person plural pronouns]], which indicate whether or not the audience is included, that is, whether ''we'' means "you and I" or "they and I". There is no such distinction in English.
*[[Intensive pronoun|Intensive (emphatic) pronouns]], which re-emphasize a noun or pronoun that has already been mentioned. English uses the same forms as the reflexive pronouns; for example: ''I did it '''myself''''' (contrast reflexive use, ''I did it to myself'').
*Direct and indirect object pronouns, such as ''le'' and ''lui'' in [[French personal pronouns|French]]. English uses the same form for both; for example: ''Mary loves '''him''''' (direct object); ''Mary sent '''him''' a letter'' (indirect object).
*[[Prepositional pronoun]]s, used after a [[preposition]]. English uses ordinary object pronouns here: ''Mary looked at '''him'''''.
*[[Disjunctive pronoun]]s, used in isolation or in certain other special grammatical contexts, like ''moi'' in French. No distinct forms exist in English; for example: ''Who does this belong to? '''Me'''.''
*[[Weak pronoun|Strong and weak forms]] of certain pronouns, found in some languages such as Polish.
*[[Pronoun avoidance]], where personal pronouns are substituted by titles or kinship terms (particularly common in South-East Asia).