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Table of Pronouns

This is a list of English-language pronouns, arranged in a table so you can fill in gaps by analogy.
Includes archaic forms, such as "____ shalt not".
Includes demonstratives, such as "Do you see ____ thing over _____?".
Excludes many boring pronouns, such as "somebody".
For a full list of interrogatives, try "The Sixty W's of Journalism".
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First submittedJanuary 16, 2013
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PERSONAL
nom.
obj.
pos.adj.
pos.
obj.refl.
DEMONSTRATIVE
thing
place
1p. s.
I
me
my
mine
myself
proximal s.
this
here
2p. s.
thou
(you)
thee
(you)
thy
(your)
thine
(yours)
thyself
(yourself)
medial s.
that
there
3p. s.
he
him
his
his
himself
distal
yon
(that)
yonder
(there)
3p. s. fem.
she
her
her
hers
herself
 
 
 
3p. s. neut.
it
it
its
 
itself
 
 
 
3p. s. indef.
one
one
one's
 
oneself
 
 
 
1p. pl.
we
us
our
ours
ourselves
proximal pl.
these
 
2p. pl.
ye
(you)
you
your
yours
yourselves
medial pl.
those
 
3p. pl.
they
them
their
theirs
themselves
 
 
 
interrogative
who
whom
whose
whose
 
interrogative
what
where
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jun 4, 2013
This replaces our old "List of Pronouns" quiz.
kalbahamut
+28
Level 82
Jun 19, 2013
"You" should be acceptable for 2nd person plural since that is what is used in English today. Same for you/you/your/yours/yourself in the 2nd line. The archaic words above them have been phased out and now the words in parentheses represent correct usage. Typing in "you" when you know that it is the correct answer for 2nd person plural and having nothing come up is a bit confusing and frustrating. Maybe you could create a separate line for archaic forms. If you are addressing a group of people that does not include yourself you would refer to them as "you" or "y'all". "Y'all," though thought of as crude and improper, was actually acceptable not that long ago. More recently than "ye," I think.
CorkSpork
+6
Level 72
Jun 19, 2013
Mostly I agree, but at least the "___ shall not" was a clue in the instructions. I just didn't read them.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Jun 19, 2013
even Gandalf says "you shall not pass."
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Jun 19, 2013
but the clue is "shalt"... :P
lolrobbielol
+2
Level 53
Jun 19, 2013
I completely agree.
ThirdParty
+7
Level 45
Jun 19, 2013
You do get points for typing "you", "your", "yours", and "yourself", since they appear in the 2nd person plural row. (If you type "yourself", I quietly give you credit for the "yourselves" cell.) But I feel that it's fun to give additional points for the archaic forms.
Sifhraven
+6
Level 67
Oct 8, 2019
It is fun to have the archaic forms included, but that does not mean you should be considered incorrect for 2nd person nominative. That is just odd. Regardless if you get points for 2nd person obj. for typing you. Which doesn't necessarily make me happy. I would rather like to get points for the one I am filling in at that moment. (I wouldn't be opposed to a yellow box).

Please keep the archaic forms and but accept the correct forms for the 2nd person

AlexThirkell
+2
Level 75
Apr 4, 2020
I didn't get anything for "you", had to go through the silly archaic versions. Not good I'm afraid.
MrBlister
+1
Level 66
Dec 22, 2020
Please could you also accept "ourself" and "themself", which are valid (if archaic forms)? Interestingly, OED dates these before the more modern 'pluralised' forms.
srsharpe33
+1
Level 64
Sep 25, 2014
What about "yous" or "yous guys" in New Jersey and "y'all" in the southern states? In know it's regional, and not proper grammar.

I live in New Jersey, but grew up in New Hampshire. As an outsider I've noticed that many people, especially from the older generation (over 60), often say "yous" for the 2nd person plural. Like, when asking my wife and I where we went, my father-in-law might ask, "Where'd yous go?"; but, he wouldn't use "yous" if just asking about where I went.

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Sep 24, 2018
Why? It's clearer than an unqualified "you".
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Mar 2, 2019
I can't believe no one cringed at the hypercorrection of "asking my wife and I". The table of correct usage is right up there.
JonOfKent
+2
Level 56
Aug 4, 2020
"Yous" (or "youse") is very common in the West Midlands as well, around Coventry and Birmingham. I don't know that it's ever found its way into a dictionary though, at least there doesn't seem to be any agreement on how to spell it...
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Jun 19, 2013
I got all of the archaic ones, but missed every reflexive one. I forgot that that meant to just stick "self" at the end. Grrr...
hammae
+1
Level 21
Jun 19, 2013
I was so bad at that. Only got 30 :( I need to do some English grammar revision!!
sheiks65
+1
Level 15
Jun 20, 2013
Holy crap, I actually got them all O.o I thought I'd get most not them all.
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 79
Mar 14, 2014
Forgot all the "its".
burntfrost
+1
Level 48
Apr 21, 2014
I <3 grammar!!
Arp2600
+1
Level 86
May 8, 2014
50/52 is not too bad for a french speaker but I never heard of yon/yonder before.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Oct 24, 2018
Sacré wild bleu!
MayaB
+1
Level 73
May 9, 2014
49/52. Pretty content with myself. :) In the same time I'm also surprised that I got so many (English is not my mother tongue). I think I've seen ye, yon and yonder used, but would have never thought of them.
ThirdParty
+2
Level 45
May 9, 2014
They're still found in a lot of songs: e.g., "O come, all ye faithful", "By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes", and "Off we go into the wild blue yonder".
Yamaneko
+1
Level 73
Nov 19, 2015
Owww yeah, Loch Lomond, the only reason I found "yon", not being a native English speaker, but a big Celtic and Tartan Army fan ;)
OfficerDibble
+1
Level 80
Dec 20, 2018
Still used in some regional dialects in the UK too, as are all the archaic/poetic forms here.
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 71
Jun 17, 2015
Never heard of "yon", but got it by trying to type "yonder". :)
Elan
+3
Level 65
Mar 2, 2016
Definitely needs more time
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Mar 2, 2019
Agreed. It's pretty quick.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Oct 8, 2019
I think it has more than enough time, and I am not a native english speaker. I had a minute left to figure out what they were looking for for the 2nd person plural ( didnt come up with it though) after getting all the others.
Elan
+1
Level 65
Mar 2, 2016
Come to think of it, I could probably do this a lot easier in Spanish.
FNSpiderMan
+1
Level 73
Mar 21, 2017
I like it, especially the archaic ones. Might have an idea for a short story now.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Oct 8, 2019
I got all but "ye" I spend nearly a minute thinking what that could be. Not bad for someone whose native language is not english though :)

I had no idea what obj refl was though, had most of the rest filled in and that one stayed blank for a long while. Thankfully I got a start when I thought, "how else can I refer to myself" once I got that one the rest of the row was easy.

Can't believe I beat 97,8% of the people that took this quiz! :) (or that the average is actually quite low, would have expected it to be above 40 atleast, atm it is at 31..)

Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Oct 8, 2019
Btw I love that this quiz has a table !! It helps with staying focussed ( plus of course you see where you still miss things, but that is not the main reason for me, it feels more organised, so the chaos in my brain gets less in the way and less change to be distracted) yay categories ;)

Please do more quizes with tables :) (and maps with certains quizes are nice too, for the non geogrpahy ones, like I dont know if you could see on the map which countries have elephants, or where they drink the most coffee per capita)

hannahgeographyy
+1
Level 59
Jan 25, 2021
i didn't get i lol
syphus590
+2
Level 28
Feb 15, 2021
ze/zir?
syphus590
+1
Level 28
Feb 15, 2021
3:32

8/52

JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Feb 20, 2021
I got all except for 'ye'!!
johanna9
+1
Level 43
Mar 5, 2022
I'm a native English speaker and doing this quiz felt like learning English for the first time, jolly difficult! I got all but the

three least-guessed answers. I perhaps could have read the instructions but I got cocky haha. A very well done to any non-native speakers who did this quiz and got even half of it!

Giandefeo
+1
Level 62
Mar 11, 2022
Does the quizmaster know what "archaic" means? Nonsense.
Relox84
+1
Level 70
Mar 13, 2022
Is there something specific that's bugging you?
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Nov 25, 2023
Let's see, from Merriam-Webster:

"archaic, adjective

1: having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses

an archaic word

NOTE: In this dictionary the label archaic is affixed to words and senses relatively common in earlier times but infrequently used in present-day English."

Seems like it would fit words like "thou" and "thine" pretty well, and in fact that's exactly how the dictionary has them labeled.

Bengus
+1
Level 58
Nov 15, 2022
Pretty hard but good! Nice one.
ABomb
+1
Level 77
Feb 17, 2023
What of "hither" and "thither" seeing as "yon" made the quiz.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Jun 25, 2023
They're adverbs.
Ponderosa
+4
Level 86
Mar 17, 2023
Really, a whole quiz on pronouns? How woke can you.. I mean, how woke can a quizmaker be? No person needs pronouns!
punkybrewster
+1
Level 80
Nov 8, 2023
I'm personally offended that "y'all" isnt represented
bachslunch
+1
Level 91
Jan 27, 2024
Needs more time.
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