Personal Pronouns and Gender

 There are three pronouns showing gender: masculine-he, feminine-she, and neutral-it.

Consider these 3 examples illustrating the concept of gender:

 Personal pronouns refer to people. The first exception is the pronoun “it” which refers to inanimate things, or objects.

Consider this chart illustrating how nouns for people and things can each be replaced with a matching pronoun:

“It” is a pronoun used for inanimate things as an exception to the term “Personal Pronouns”. The second exception for a pronoun not gender based is the pronoun “they“.  

Here is an illustration of “they” with examples:

Consider the following chart that lists all pronouns:

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