Rules of pronoun

RULE: Pronouns have three cases: nominative (I, you, he, she, it, they), possessive (my, your, his, her, their), and objective (me, him, her, him, us, them). Use the nominative case when the pronoun is the subject of your sentence, and remember the rule of manners: always put the other person's name first.

1. A personal pronoun AGREES with the noun it replaces.
  • Those cars are nice. They look expensive.
  • John works hard. He will do well.
  • That woman is my teacher. Do you know her?
  • My friend and I are going shopping. Like to join us?
2. DO NOT place an adjective before a personal pronoun. A subject personal pronoun can have an adjective AFTER the verb. (Exceptions are fixed phrases like poor me, lucky you.)
  • NOT beautiful she, dangerous it, clever they
  • She looked beautiful. It was dangerous. They are clever.
3. Pronouns NEVER have an apostrophe ('). Do not add an apostrophe to possessive pronouns like hers, ours, theirs. (If you see an apostrophe, you are looking at a contraction.)
  • The red bag is hers and the blue bag is ours. (NOT The red bag is her's and the blue bag is our's.)
  • One must do it oneself. (NOT one's self)
  • He's finished. (contraction = He is)
  • It's started. (contraction = It has)
4. My is NOT a pronoun. A pronoun replaces a noun. In "This is my bag" the word my describes bag (it is a possessive determiner). In "This bag is mine" the word mine replaces my bag (it is a real pronoun). The same is true of your, its, our, their - they are possessive determiners. His and her can be pronoun OR possessive determiner.
  • Is this your car? (possessive determiner)
  • Where are our keys? (possessive determiner)
  • Jo sold his car. (possessive determiner)
  • He took my hand in his. (possessive pronoun)
  • She loved her work. (possessive determiner)
  • I agreed to wait for her. (personal pronoun)
5. DON'T put yourself first! It is good manners to put the other person before you. (This is not a question of grammar - just manners.)
  • My wife and I are going swimming. (NOT I and my wife are going swimming)
  • Ram, Tara and I went home. (NOT I, Ram and Tara went home)

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