Notes on the form of personal pronouns

1 Though these words are called personal pronouns,they do not
refer only to people. For example:
Your breakfast is ready It is on the table

We call them 'personal pronouns' because they refer to grammatical 'persons' (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and can be grouped like this: 1st person: / ,we 2nd person:you 3rd person:he. she, it, one. they

2 Most European languages have two forms of you, an informal one for family, close friends, children, etc. and a formal one for strangers, superiors, etc. In English, we do not make this distinction: the one word, you, is used for everybody. There aren't different singular and plural forms of you (except for yourself yourselves).

3 Note that the singular subject pronouns he she and it have the same plural form: they; and the singular object pronouns him ner and .' have the same plural form: them.

4 The choice of pronoun depends on the noun that is being replaced [> 2.39-40, 4.2.1]. Pronouns (except for you) agree with the nouns they replace in number(showing us whether they are referring to singular or plural). Some agree in gender(showing us whether they are referring to masculine, feminine or neuter): John is here He (replacing John) can t stay long The windowsare dirty I must wash them (replacing windows) If you see Joannaplease give her(replacing Joanna) this message

5 We do not normally use a noun and a pronoun together: My friend invited me to dinner (Not *My friend, he...*)

I parked my car outside (Not *My car, I parked it...*)