General English
Pronouns: Forms and Correct Usage
Master personal, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, indefinite and interrogative pronouns.
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1. Personal Pronouns
Subject: I, we, you, he, she, it, they. Object: me, us, you, him, her, it, them. Possessive forms must also agree with the noun.
2. Reflexive Pronouns
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves. Use when subject and object refer to the same person: He hurt himself.
3. Relative Pronouns
Who for persons as subject; whom for persons as object in formal usage; which for things; whose for possession; that in many defining clauses.
4. Common Errors
After a preposition or as object, use objective forms: between you and me. Avoid using a reflexive merely to sound formal.
5. Quick Test
Remove the other noun and read the sentence: “Ravi and I went” → “I went.” “Between Ravi and me” → “between me.”
Memory Tricks & Quick Recall
Subject forms = I/HE/SHE/WE/THEY; object forms = ME/HIM/HER/US/THEM. For WHO/WHOM, try HE → WHO; HIM → WHOM.