Person perspective Flashcards
Person tells …
Person determines …
In modern E…
Person tells who the speaker is (first person), who is spoken to (second person), and who is spoken about (third person).
Person determines which verb and pronoun to use; the person of the subject affects the form of the verb in the present tense (and in the past tense of the verb “to be”).
In modern English, pronouns (and related possessive determiners) have different forms according to person. For example, I is a first person pronoun, you is a second person pronoun, and he, she, and it are third person pronouns.
Pronouns in the first person …
The sta…
In mo… the on…
Pronouns in the first person indicate the person (or group of people) speaking or writing.
The standard first person pronouns (and related possessive determiners) are: I, me, my, mine, myself; we, us, our, ours, and ourselves.
In modern English, the only verb which has a different form for the first person is ‘be’, with the first person singular present form ‘am’ (as in “I am”).
Pronouns in the second person …
The standard …
‘You’ is u…
Pronouns in the second person indicate the person (or group of people) being addressed.
The standard second person pronouns (and related possessive determiners) are: you, your, yours, yourself, and yourselves.
‘You’ is used with both singular and plural reference.
Pronouns in the third person …
The st…
Pronouns in the third person indicate the person, thing, or group being spoken or written about (rather than the speaker/writer or the addressee).
The standard third person pronouns (and related possessive determiners) are: he, him, his, himself; she, her, hers, herself; it, its, itself; they, them, their, theirs, and themselves.
first person objective pronouns
singular: me; plural: us
first person pronouns (possessive)
singular: mine; plural: ours
second person pronouns (objective)
singular: you (thee); plural: you
second person pronouns (possessive)
singular: yours (thine); plural: yours
third person pronouns (objective)
singular: her, him, it; plural: them
third person possessive pronouns
singular: hers, his, its; plural: theirs
The 4 rules about the nominative and objective cases [nb: pending review]
(1) If the pronoun is the subject of a clause, it is in the nominative case {‘he’ is vice president}. (2) If the pronoun is the object of a verb, it is objective {she thanked ‘him’}. (3) if a pronoun is the object of a preposition, it is objective {between you and ‘me’}. (4) If the pronoun is the subject of an infinitive, it is objective {Jim wanted ‘her’ to sing}.
(1) If the pronoun is the subject of a clause …
(1) If the pronoun is the subject of a clause, it is in the nominative case {‘he’ is vice president}.
(2) If the pronoun is the object of a verb, …
(2) If the pronoun is the object of a verb, it is objective {she thanked ‘him’}.
(3) if a pronoun is the object of a preposition, …
(3) if a pronoun is the object of a preposition, it is objective {between you and ‘me’}.
(4) If the pronoun is the subject of an infinitive, …
(4) If the pronoun is the subject of an infinitive, it is objective {Jim wanted ‘her’ to sing}.
