🗣The 🔟➕ method for English Fluency
One of the keys to English fluency success is consistency. If you can do something effective EVERY DAY then you're going to make fast progress.
However, it's hard to do something effective. Most people give up between 2 weeks and 3 months after starting. Want to know a way to stay consistent?
Use the 🔟➕Method. It works like this:
1️⃣ Choose an English-learning technique that is effective (LRRC method - https://www.tofluency.com/tfp/ ), pronunciation practice, or going through flashcards.
2️⃣ For the next 3 months, do this for 10 minutes every day.
3️⃣ If you do more, great! This is bonus time.
4️⃣ If you don't, don't worry. You've done your 10 minutes.
This takes the pressure off. If you try to commit to doing too much, it will be overwhelming. This is where people give up.
But 10 minutes is doable, right? Think about a time when you can commit 10 minutes in your day to doing this.
If you miss a day, don't worry. You've not failed. Do your 10 minutes the next day.
#Speaking_tips
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One of the keys to English fluency success is consistency. If you can do something effective EVERY DAY then you're going to make fast progress.
However, it's hard to do something effective. Most people give up between 2 weeks and 3 months after starting. Want to know a way to stay consistent?
Use the 🔟➕Method. It works like this:
1️⃣ Choose an English-learning technique that is effective (LRRC method - https://www.tofluency.com/tfp/ ), pronunciation practice, or going through flashcards.
2️⃣ For the next 3 months, do this for 10 minutes every day.
3️⃣ If you do more, great! This is bonus time.
4️⃣ If you don't, don't worry. You've done your 10 minutes.
This takes the pressure off. If you try to commit to doing too much, it will be overwhelming. This is where people give up.
But 10 minutes is doable, right? Think about a time when you can commit 10 minutes in your day to doing this.
If you miss a day, don't worry. You've not failed. Do your 10 minutes the next day.
#Speaking_tips
@PMPerfect1
⏳It’s time
✨We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
➖Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
Not: It’s time we go home.✘
✨It’s time with a verb in the to-infinitive form can refer to the speaker and the listener together:
➖Come on. It’s time to start packing. We have to leave in two hours. (or It’s time we started packing.)
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✨We can use the expression it’s time + subject + past verb form to refer to the present moment:
➖Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.
Not: It’s time we go home.✘
✨It’s time with a verb in the to-infinitive form can refer to the speaker and the listener together:
➖Come on. It’s time to start packing. We have to leave in two hours. (or It’s time we started packing.)
#Useful_phrases
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🔻Almost or nearly?🔻
We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used:
✨[someone has been running five miles on a running machine in a gym]
➖Don’t give up! You’re almost there.
➖It’s time for bed. It’s nearly 10 o’clock.
➖Their CD has sold almost 90,000 copies in the last week.
➖Nearly all my friends were in the photograph.
✨We also use almost and nearly with extreme adjectives such as perfect, impossible or frozen:
➖That guy is almost impossible.
➖The chicken is still nearly frozen. I thought you’d taken it out of the freezer.
✨We use almost (but not nearly) to soften statements:
➖I almost wish I hadn’t offered to pay his fine.
✨We use almost before any and before negative words such as no, none, never, nobody, nothing. We don’t use nearly in this way:
✨[describing computer software which traces the history of towns]
➖Using this special software, you can find the history of almost any building.
➖They’ve almost no confidence that they can use the new phone properly.
➖She almost never raises her voice.
❌Not: She nearly never raises her voice.
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We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used:
✨[someone has been running five miles on a running machine in a gym]
➖Don’t give up! You’re almost there.
➖It’s time for bed. It’s nearly 10 o’clock.
➖Their CD has sold almost 90,000 copies in the last week.
➖Nearly all my friends were in the photograph.
✨We also use almost and nearly with extreme adjectives such as perfect, impossible or frozen:
➖That guy is almost impossible.
➖The chicken is still nearly frozen. I thought you’d taken it out of the freezer.
✨We use almost (but not nearly) to soften statements:
➖I almost wish I hadn’t offered to pay his fine.
✨We use almost before any and before negative words such as no, none, never, nobody, nothing. We don’t use nearly in this way:
✨[describing computer software which traces the history of towns]
➖Using this special software, you can find the history of almost any building.
➖They’ve almost no confidence that they can use the new phone properly.
➖She almost never raises her voice.
❌Not: She nearly never raises her voice.
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👍🏻Of course!
✨We use of course to refer to things that are obvious or already known to the speaker and listener, or to everybody:
➖A tropical climate is, of course, very humid, so we sweated all the time.
(We use commas here, before and after of course, to show that it refers to the whole of the first clause.)
🅰️:It’s a public holiday – that’s why the shops are closed.
🅱️:Oh, of course, yes! I’d completely forgotten.
✨We use of course when a situation or piece of information is not surprising:
➖Our car broke down on the way to the station so, of course, we missed the train and had to buy new tickets. It cost us £80!
➖He’s mega-rich and, of course, he can afford to fly first class all the time.
✨We use of course to mean ‘yes’ when we are giving permission to someone to do something:
🅰️:Can I borrow your newspaper for a minute?
🅱️:Of course. Go ahead.
🚫Warning:
We don’t use of course when we answer a question and give the listener information they do not already know. This can sound impolite:
🅰️:When you were in London, did you go to any shows?
🅱️:Yes, we did. We went to three.
❌Not: Of course. We went to three.
(The listener 🅰️ may hear of course as meaning ‘how could you think we didn’t go to any shows?’ and 🅰️ may think 🅱️ felt that 🅰️ had asked a stupid question.)
#Useful_phrases
#Culture
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✨We use of course to refer to things that are obvious or already known to the speaker and listener, or to everybody:
➖A tropical climate is, of course, very humid, so we sweated all the time.
(We use commas here, before and after of course, to show that it refers to the whole of the first clause.)
🅰️:It’s a public holiday – that’s why the shops are closed.
🅱️:Oh, of course, yes! I’d completely forgotten.
✨We use of course when a situation or piece of information is not surprising:
➖Our car broke down on the way to the station so, of course, we missed the train and had to buy new tickets. It cost us £80!
➖He’s mega-rich and, of course, he can afford to fly first class all the time.
✨We use of course to mean ‘yes’ when we are giving permission to someone to do something:
🅰️:Can I borrow your newspaper for a minute?
🅱️:Of course. Go ahead.
🚫Warning:
We don’t use of course when we answer a question and give the listener information they do not already know. This can sound impolite:
🅰️:When you were in London, did you go to any shows?
🅱️:Yes, we did. We went to three.
❌Not: Of course. We went to three.
(The listener 🅰️ may hear of course as meaning ‘how could you think we didn’t go to any shows?’ and 🅰️ may think 🅱️ felt that 🅰️ had asked a stupid question.)
#Useful_phrases
#Culture
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🔶Any more or anymore?
💠Any more as a determiner
✨We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:
➖Would you like any more tea?
➖If you find any more books, please let us know.
➖She doesn’t want any more contact with him.
➖There are hardly any more people here than last month.
➖Yes, I’d like some more information about trains to Berlin, please.
Not: Yes, I’d like any more information about …✘
💠Any more as an adverb
✨Any more is also an adverb and has the meaning of ‘no longer’ or ‘in the past but not now.’ In this meaning, we use it in end position:
➖We don’t go to Cornwall on holiday any more.
(We used to go in the past but not now.)
➖The cost of electricity is not cheap any more.
✨Especially in #American_English, any more, as an adverb, can be written as one word, anymore:
➖He doesn’t cycle anymore.
#Easily_confused_words
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💠Any more as a determiner
✨We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:
➖Would you like any more tea?
➖If you find any more books, please let us know.
➖She doesn’t want any more contact with him.
➖There are hardly any more people here than last month.
➖Yes, I’d like some more information about trains to Berlin, please.
Not: Yes, I’d like any more information about …✘
💠Any more as an adverb
✨Any more is also an adverb and has the meaning of ‘no longer’ or ‘in the past but not now.’ In this meaning, we use it in end position:
➖We don’t go to Cornwall on holiday any more.
(We used to go in the past but not now.)
➖The cost of electricity is not cheap any more.
✨Especially in #American_English, any more, as an adverb, can be written as one word, anymore:
➖He doesn’t cycle anymore.
#Easily_confused_words
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⭐️Reach for the stars
يطمح؛ يبلغ المعالي
= to aim for something that is very difficult to achieve
➖My parents always taught me to reach for the stars when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to!
#phrases
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يطمح؛ يبلغ المعالي
= to aim for something that is very difficult to achieve
➖My parents always taught me to reach for the stars when I was growing up—that I could be anything I set my mind to!
#phrases
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🔺Along or alongside?🔻
Along and alongside are #prepositions or #adverbs.
⚪️Along
As a preposition, along means ‘in a line next to something long and thin’, e.g. a road, a path:
➖There were lots of shops along the main street.
➖I saw three different boats along the bank of the river.
✨We use along as an adverb with verbs of motion meaning ‘together with’:
➖Why don’t you come along with us to the party?
➖They said they’d bring the bikes along and we can ride to the swimming pool.
⚫️Alongside
As a preposition, alongside means ‘close beside’, ‘next to’ or ‘together with’:
➖The trees alongside the fence have all been damaged by the wind. (near)
➖Put your bike alongside mine. (next to)
➖I find it difficult to cope with this illness alongside all my other problems. (together with)
✨We also use alongside as an adverb, meaning ‘along the side of’ or ‘next to’ something:
➖I parked my car in the drive and William parked his alongside.
#Confusing_words
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Along and alongside are #prepositions or #adverbs.
⚪️Along
As a preposition, along means ‘in a line next to something long and thin’, e.g. a road, a path:
➖There were lots of shops along the main street.
➖I saw three different boats along the bank of the river.
✨We use along as an adverb with verbs of motion meaning ‘together with’:
➖Why don’t you come along with us to the party?
➖They said they’d bring the bikes along and we can ride to the swimming pool.
⚫️Alongside
As a preposition, alongside means ‘close beside’, ‘next to’ or ‘together with’:
➖The trees alongside the fence have all been damaged by the wind. (near)
➖Put your bike alongside mine. (next to)
➖I find it difficult to cope with this illness alongside all my other problems. (together with)
✨We also use alongside as an adverb, meaning ‘along the side of’ or ‘next to’ something:
➖I parked my car in the drive and William parked his alongside.
#Confusing_words
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IELTS / TOEFL Vocab: 9 Collocations with TAKE
Collocations are an important part of writing and can add to the lexical resource score of your IELTS or TOEFL writing test. So, take charge of your English writing skills by taking advantage of this lesson; we look at collocations using the verb TAKE, such…
♦️From A to Z.
من الألف إلى الياء؛ تماماً؛ بكل تفاصيله 👌🏻
= Completely; in every detail.
✨He knows the subject from A to Z.
⚠️The idiom is used only of complete or very detailed knowledge of some subject or field of study. We should hardly say, 'He knows the town from A to Z'.
#English_prepositional_idioms
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من الألف إلى الياء؛ تماماً؛ بكل تفاصيله 👌🏻
= Completely; in every detail.
✨He knows the subject from A to Z.
⚠️The idiom is used only of complete or very detailed knowledge of some subject or field of study. We should hardly say, 'He knows the town from A to Z'.
#English_prepositional_idioms
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♦️ABSENT (adj/v)
غائب/يُغَيِّب
This word may be an #adjective or a #verb. If it is a verb it is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, and has a reflexive pronoun as its object. For both parts of speech, the place where the absentee should have been is indicated by from.
➖Several students were ABsent from the lecture. (adj.)
⚠️ غائب (غاب غير متعمداً)؛ غير متواجد.
➖Several students abSENTed themselves from the lecture.(v)
⚠️ غاب متعمداً.
✨To absent oneself from usually suggests a deliberate action; to be absent from does not; it merely implies that the person in question was not present.
🔻Absence and absentee also take from.
➖His absence from the meeting was not noticed.
➖He was charged with being an absentee from the army.
#English_prepositional_idioms
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غائب/يُغَيِّب
This word may be an #adjective or a #verb. If it is a verb it is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, and has a reflexive pronoun as its object. For both parts of speech, the place where the absentee should have been is indicated by from.
➖Several students were ABsent from the lecture. (adj.)
⚠️ غائب (غاب غير متعمداً)؛ غير متواجد.
➖Several students abSENTed themselves from the lecture.(v)
⚠️ غاب متعمداً.
✨To absent oneself from usually suggests a deliberate action; to be absent from does not; it merely implies that the person in question was not present.
🔻Absence and absentee also take from.
➖His absence from the meeting was not noticed.
➖He was charged with being an absentee from the army.
#English_prepositional_idioms
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🔻Amount of, number of or quantity of?🔻
✨Amount of or number of?
We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns:
➖We use a huge amount of paper in the office every day.
➖The amount of time it took to finish the job was very frustrating.
➖I have a number of things I want to talk to you about.
➖A great number of students volunteer each year for environmental projects.
🚫Not: A great amount of students volunteer …✘
✨A quantity of or quantities of?
Quantity is more #formal than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun. They are most commonly used with an adjective such as huge, big, large, small:
➖The soldiers discovered a large quantity of weapons hidden under the floor of a disused building. (countable)
➖You only need a very small quantity of cement to mix with the sand. (uncountable)
➖Large quantities of illegal drugs had been discovered. (countable)
➖Aid workers have delivered huge quantities of food to the refugee camps. (uncountable)
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✨Amount of or number of?
We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns:
➖We use a huge amount of paper in the office every day.
➖The amount of time it took to finish the job was very frustrating.
➖I have a number of things I want to talk to you about.
➖A great number of students volunteer each year for environmental projects.
🚫Not: A great amount of students volunteer …✘
✨A quantity of or quantities of?
Quantity is more #formal than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun. They are most commonly used with an adjective such as huge, big, large, small:
➖The soldiers discovered a large quantity of weapons hidden under the floor of a disused building. (countable)
➖You only need a very small quantity of cement to mix with the sand. (uncountable)
➖Large quantities of illegal drugs had been discovered. (countable)
➖Aid workers have delivered huge quantities of food to the refugee camps. (uncountable)
#Confusing_words
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✨ afloat 🆚 floating
🔹The raft was afloat/floating on the river.
🔹The pilot quickly spotted the floating raft. (Not *afloat*)
🔻We cannot use afloat in front of a noun, only after a noun + be, seem to be, etc.
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🔹The raft was afloat/floating on the river.
🔹The pilot quickly spotted the floating raft. (Not *afloat*)
🔻We cannot use afloat in front of a noun, only after a noun + be, seem to be, etc.
#Right_word_wrong_word
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ON commission 🆚 IN commission
🔘ON commission ▶️ payment on the basis of a stipulated proportion of the value of the goods sold مُقابِل عمولة
➖He sold cosmetics on commission.
🔘IN commission ▶️ available to be used: جاهز للاستخدام/للتشغيل
➖The operating theatres will be back in commission next week.
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🔘ON commission ▶️ payment on the basis of a stipulated proportion of the value of the goods sold مُقابِل عمولة
➖He sold cosmetics on commission.
🔘IN commission ▶️ available to be used: جاهز للاستخدام/للتشغيل
➖The operating theatres will be back in commission next week.
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🔳PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences cumbersome and repetitive. Pronouns are usually short words.
When most people think of pronouns, words like he, she, and they spring to mind, but there are nine different kinds of pronouns, including:
1️⃣#Personal_pronouns (e.g., he, they)
2️⃣#Demonstrative_pronouns (e.g., this, these)
3️⃣#Interrogative_pronouns (e.g., which, who)
4️⃣#Indefinite_pronouns (e.g., none, several)
5️⃣#Possessive_pronouns (e.g., his, your)
6️⃣#Reciprocal_pronouns (e.g., each other, one another)
7️⃣#Relative_pronouns (e.g., which, where)
8️⃣#Reflexive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
9️⃣#Intensive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
Let's look at each type one at a time.🙂
#Grammar
#Pronouns
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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences cumbersome and repetitive. Pronouns are usually short words.
When most people think of pronouns, words like he, she, and they spring to mind, but there are nine different kinds of pronouns, including:
1️⃣#Personal_pronouns (e.g., he, they)
2️⃣#Demonstrative_pronouns (e.g., this, these)
3️⃣#Interrogative_pronouns (e.g., which, who)
4️⃣#Indefinite_pronouns (e.g., none, several)
5️⃣#Possessive_pronouns (e.g., his, your)
6️⃣#Reciprocal_pronouns (e.g., each other, one another)
7️⃣#Relative_pronouns (e.g., which, where)
8️⃣#Reflexive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
9️⃣#Intensive_pronouns (e.g., itself, himself)
Let's look at each type one at a time.🙂
#Grammar
#Pronouns
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*✨*Ƥracтιce Maĸeѕ Ƥerғecт*✨* pinned «🔳PRONOUNS A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences cumbersome and repetitive. Pronouns are usually short words. When most people think…»
1️⃣ Personal Pronouns
🔻What Are #Personal_Pronouns?
The #personal_pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they. #Personal_pronouns represent people or things, primarily to avoid repetition. Look at this example:
➖Myra, David's kitten, looks cute, but he thinks she is evil.
(The #personal_pronouns he and she avoid the need to repeat David and kitten.)
The issue with #personal_pronouns is that they change depending on how they're used. Let's start by looking at all the forms as shown in the table above!👆🏻
#Grammar
#Pronouns
#Personal_pronouns
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🔻What Are #Personal_Pronouns?
The #personal_pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they. #Personal_pronouns represent people or things, primarily to avoid repetition. Look at this example:
➖Myra, David's kitten, looks cute, but he thinks she is evil.
(The #personal_pronouns he and she avoid the need to repeat David and kitten.)
The issue with #personal_pronouns is that they change depending on how they're used. Let's start by looking at all the forms as shown in the table above!👆🏻
#Grammar
#Pronouns
#Personal_pronouns
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1️⃣ Personal Pronouns 🔻What Are #Personal_Pronouns? The #personal_pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they. #Personal_pronouns represent people or things, primarily to avoid repetition. Look at this example: ➖Myra, David's kitten, looks cute, but…
🔻What are the different types of #Personal_pronouns?
The different types of #Personal_pronouns based on how it's used, each personal pronoun is categorized as one of the following:
1️⃣Subjective Personal Pronoun
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are the #subjective_personal_pronouns. These are the versions used for the subjects of verbs. For example:
➖You are happy.
➖They won the league.
2️⃣Objective Personal Pronoun
The #objective_personal_pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.
These are the versions used when the #personal_pronouns are objects (i.e., direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of prepositions). For example:
➖Paul knows her.
(The #personal_pronoun is a direct object.)
➖Paul gave them the letter.
(The #personal_pronoun is an indirect object.)
➖Paul went with him.
(The #personal_pronoun is an object of a preposition.)
3️⃣Possessive Personal Pronoun
The #possessive_personal_pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. They represent something that is owned and tell us who the owner is. For example:
➖Myra protected the pantry, believing all the food was hers.
(Here, hers represents all the food and tells us the owner is Myra. A #possessive_pronoun replaces a #possessive_determiner and a noun, e.g.,
her food becomes 👉🏻 hers,
my story becomes 👉🏻 mine, and
their jellybean becomes 👉🏻 theirs.
Note that #possessive_determiners are classified as pronouns too.)
4️⃣Reflexive Personal Pronoun
The #reflexive_personal_pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. A #reflexive_pronoun refers back to the subject.
➖David did not blame himself for Myra's aggression.
(The subject is David. The #reflexive_pronoun himself refers back to David.)
It is more normal for a sentence to include several types of personal pronoun. The short (somewhat contrived but grammatically correct) sentence below contains all four types:
➖She saw herself and me in theirs.
(Here, the #personal_pronouns are She (subjective), herself (reflexive), me (objective), and theirs (possessive).)
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The different types of #Personal_pronouns based on how it's used, each personal pronoun is categorized as one of the following:
1️⃣Subjective Personal Pronoun
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are the #subjective_personal_pronouns. These are the versions used for the subjects of verbs. For example:
➖You are happy.
➖They won the league.
2️⃣Objective Personal Pronoun
The #objective_personal_pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.
These are the versions used when the #personal_pronouns are objects (i.e., direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of prepositions). For example:
➖Paul knows her.
(The #personal_pronoun is a direct object.)
➖Paul gave them the letter.
(The #personal_pronoun is an indirect object.)
➖Paul went with him.
(The #personal_pronoun is an object of a preposition.)
3️⃣Possessive Personal Pronoun
The #possessive_personal_pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. They represent something that is owned and tell us who the owner is. For example:
➖Myra protected the pantry, believing all the food was hers.
(Here, hers represents all the food and tells us the owner is Myra. A #possessive_pronoun replaces a #possessive_determiner and a noun, e.g.,
her food becomes 👉🏻 hers,
my story becomes 👉🏻 mine, and
their jellybean becomes 👉🏻 theirs.
Note that #possessive_determiners are classified as pronouns too.)
4️⃣Reflexive Personal Pronoun
The #reflexive_personal_pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. A #reflexive_pronoun refers back to the subject.
➖David did not blame himself for Myra's aggression.
(The subject is David. The #reflexive_pronoun himself refers back to David.)
It is more normal for a sentence to include several types of personal pronoun. The short (somewhat contrived but grammatically correct) sentence below contains all four types:
➖She saw herself and me in theirs.
(Here, the #personal_pronouns are She (subjective), herself (reflexive), me (objective), and theirs (possessive).)
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🔻What are the different types of #Personal_pronouns? The different types of #Personal_pronouns based on how it's used, each personal pronoun is categorized as one of the following: 1️⃣Subjective Personal Pronoun I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are the…
🔻Why Should I Care about Personal Pronouns?
Native English speakers nearly always use the correct #personal_pronouns, and there are few serious mistakes associated with them, but here are six noteworthy points.
(Point 1️⃣) The subjective pronoun "I" can't be the object of a verb or a preposition.
➖They found my wife and I under the snowdrift.❌
(The #subjective_pronoun I must be the subject of a verb. Here, it's the direct object of the verb found. It should read They found me and my wife.)
➖I sent condolences from my wife and I.❌
(I must be the subject of a verb. After a preposition (in this case, from), you need the #objective_pronoun me. It should read from me and my wife.)
➖Keep this between you and I.❌
(The term between you and I is always wrong. I cannot be the object of a preposition (in this case, between).)
Native English speakers rarely make this mistake with other #personal_pronouns. To some ears, terms like from my wife and I and between you and I sound more highbrow. Highbrow they might be. Wrong they are.
(Point 2️⃣) There are no apostrophes in possessive personal pronouns.
Yes, it's true that apostrophes can be used to show possession (e.g., dragon's tooth, newt's eye), but there are no apostrophes in any possessive personal pronouns. That's a 100% rule.
➖I like her's better than their's.❌
"What about it's?", you might ask. Well, it's (with an apostrophe) is an expansion of it is or it has. That's another 100% rule. If you use it's, make sure you can expand to it is or it has. If you can't, it's wrong.
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Native English speakers nearly always use the correct #personal_pronouns, and there are few serious mistakes associated with them, but here are six noteworthy points.
(Point 1️⃣) The subjective pronoun "I" can't be the object of a verb or a preposition.
➖They found my wife and I under the snowdrift.❌
(The #subjective_pronoun I must be the subject of a verb. Here, it's the direct object of the verb found. It should read They found me and my wife.)
➖I sent condolences from my wife and I.❌
(I must be the subject of a verb. After a preposition (in this case, from), you need the #objective_pronoun me. It should read from me and my wife.)
➖Keep this between you and I.❌
(The term between you and I is always wrong. I cannot be the object of a preposition (in this case, between).)
Native English speakers rarely make this mistake with other #personal_pronouns. To some ears, terms like from my wife and I and between you and I sound more highbrow. Highbrow they might be. Wrong they are.
(Point 2️⃣) There are no apostrophes in possessive personal pronouns.
Yes, it's true that apostrophes can be used to show possession (e.g., dragon's tooth, newt's eye), but there are no apostrophes in any possessive personal pronouns. That's a 100% rule.
➖I like her's better than their's.❌
"What about it's?", you might ask. Well, it's (with an apostrophe) is an expansion of it is or it has. That's another 100% rule. If you use it's, make sure you can expand to it is or it has. If you can't, it's wrong.
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