Examples of personal pronoun in a Sentence
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Musk himself often jokes about the use of personal pronouns on his Twitter account—a dig against the trans community.
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Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 June 2023
In Arizona in particular, legislators have targeted everything from personal pronouns and who uses what restroom, to public drag shows and the banning of books.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
While many transgender people use ‘he/him’ and ‘she/her’ pronouns, others — including nonbinary, agender or gender-fluid people — use ‘they/them’ as a gender-neutral singular personal pronoun.
—Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 24 July 2022
The company has also created personal pronoun pins that employees can choose to wear with their uniforms.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
Do any of your teachers ever ask students for their personal pronouns?
—Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
For example, people exhibiting symptoms of depression tend to use personal pronouns, like I, much more than do non-depressed people.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 3 Mar. 2020
The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the year based on a 313% increase in look-ups on the company's search site, Merriam-Webster.com, this year when compared with 2018.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2019
Use numbers and personal pronouns to engage your reader
Email marketing is engagement marketing.
—Maria Semple, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
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Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 June 2023
In Arizona in particular, legislators have targeted everything from personal pronouns and who uses what restroom, to public drag shows and the banning of books.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
While many transgender people use ‘he/him’ and ‘she/her’ pronouns, others — including nonbinary, agender or gender-fluid people — use ‘they/them’ as a gender-neutral singular personal pronoun.
—Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 24 July 2022
The company has also created personal pronoun pins that employees can choose to wear with their uniforms.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
Do any of your teachers ever ask students for their personal pronouns?
—Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
For example, people exhibiting symptoms of depression tend to use personal pronouns, like I, much more than do non-depressed people.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 3 Mar. 2020
The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the year based on a 313% increase in look-ups on the company's search site, Merriam-Webster.com, this year when compared with 2018.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2019
Use numbers and personal pronouns to engage your reader
Email marketing is engagement marketing.
—Maria Semple, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
See More
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1668, in the meaning defined above
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“Personal pronoun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20pronoun. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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personal pronoun
noun
: a pronoun (as I, you, or they) used as a substitute for a noun that names a definite person or thing
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