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**** "whom" refers to "the players"
**** "whom" refers to "the players"


==== possessive personal pronoun ====
=== possessive personal pronoun ===
* personal pronouns have a distinct form to indicate possession
* personal pronouns have a distinct form to indicate possession
* see below under "Apostrophe" for distinctions between possessive pronouns and contracts
* see below under "Apostrophe" for distinctions between possessive pronouns and contracts
** such as ''its'' (possessive pronoun) vs. ''it's'' (contraction of "it is")
** such as ''its'' (possessive pronoun) vs. ''it's'' (contraction of "it is")


==== pronoun forms chart ====
=== pronoun forms chart ===
click EXPAND to see a chart of the different pronoun forms
click EXPAND to see a chart of the different pronoun forms
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
{| class="wikitable"  
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ Pronoun Forms
|+ Pronoun Forms
| '''Subjective form''' ||'''Objective form''' ||'''Possessive form''' || '''Reflexive form'''
| '''Subjective form''' ||'''Objective form''' ||'''Possessive'''  
'''adjective'''
| '''Possessive'''
'''Predicate adjective'''
|'''Reflexive form'''
|-  
|-  
| I  
| I  
|| me
|| me
|| mine
|| mine
|| myself
|| mine
|
|myself
|-  
|-  
| you (singular)
| you (singular)
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|| yours
|| yours
|| yourself
|| yourself
|-
|he
|him
|his
|his
|himself
|-
|she
|her
|her
|hers
|herself
|-
|it
|it
|its
|its
|itself
|-
|we
|us
|our
|ours
|ourselves
|-
|you (plural)
|you
|your
|yours
|yourselves
|-
|they
|them
|their
|theirs
|themselves
|}
|}
</div>
</div>