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212 §4 The Pronoun—The following paradigm shows the inflections of the personal pronoun in the American common speech:

FIRST PERSON

Common Gender

Singular Plural

Nominative I we Possessive

Conjoint my our

Absolute mine ourn

Objective me us

SECOND PERSON

Common Gender

Nominative

Possessive Objective Singular you Conjoint your Absolute yourn you

THIRD PERSON

Masculine Gender

Nominative he Possessive Objective f Conjoint his Absolute hisn him

Feminine Gender

Nominative

she Possessive Objective f Conjoint her Absolute hern her

Neuter Gender

Nominative it Possessive Objective f Con joint its Absolute its it Plural we our ourn us yous your yourn yous they their theirn them they their theirn them they theirn their them

These inflections, as we shall see, are often disregarded in use, but nevertheless it is profitable to glance at them as they