PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

Name the pronouns in the following sentences, and state which denote the

speaker, which the person spoken to, and which the person or thing

spoken of:—

1. He asked me to go with him.

2. You will be sorry when you see it.

3. I asked her to come with us.

A pronoun that shows by its form whether it denotes the speaker, the

person spoken to, or the person spoken of, is called a =personal

pronoun=.

A pronoun that denotes the speaker or any company of whom the speaker is

one, is in the =first person=; as, _I_ am here. _We_ are going soon.

A pronoun that denotes a person spoken to, is in the =second person=;

as, _You_ look well.

A pronoun that denotes the person or thing spoken of, is in the =third

person=; as, I found _it_.

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