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Examples of personal pronoun in a Sentence
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Personal lyrics were identified by the number of personal pronouns, which especially increased in rap and pop, while rock and R&B saw moderate increases and country stayed nearly the same.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2024
And the use of congressman and congresswoman is at odds with other contemporary adjustments to circumvent or replace sexist or binary language, including personal pronouns.
—Daniel Wirls, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
The 2023 law restricts educators’ use of personal pronouns and titles in schools.
—Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Musk himself often jokes about the use of personal pronouns on his Twitter account—a dig against the trans community.
—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
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Word History
First Known Use
1668, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Personal pronoun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20pronoun. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
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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