A Personal Pronoun is a pronoun that shows by its form that is, when standing alone, whether it represents the speaker, the one spoken to, or the one spoken of.

A personal pronoun that represents the speaker or the speaker and one or more other persons is called a personal pronoun of the first person; one that represents the person or persons spoken to is called a personal pronoun of the second person; one that represents the person or thing or persons or things spoken of is called a personal pronoun of the third person. Classify the personal pronouns studied under Exercise 190.

Many personal pronouns may be compounded with self These compound words, herself myself yourself etc., are called compound personal pronouns.

Exercise 191

Classify each pronoun and give its construction.

1. Who is he?

2. She is a woman who respects herself.

3. Bring me the book that you have been reading.

4. We regret the mistake.

5. Who finished her lesson first?

6. She asked what Mary said.

7. I will repeat what she said.

8. They helped us with the work.

9. I saw her myself.

10. Which is the house that sheltered your friends from the storm?

11. He described to me his experience, which was very unusual.

12. Tell me everything that you know about it.

13. Whoever said that I criticised you was mistaken.

14. Do it yourself.

15. She hurt herself.

16. We girls will wash the dishes.

Exercise 192. Development

What part of speech is each italicized word? Make the meaning of each more definite by substituting two words for it. What part of speech is each of the words substituted?

1. This is interesting.

2. Bring me that.

3. Each is mistaken.

4. That is the name that she told me.

5. The former was more interesting.

6. Take these to your mother.

7. One is enough.

8. The other was better than this.