- Person:
- used to show agreement between a
noun or
pronoun and a
verb
- changes form to show
singular or
plural
- the
verb "to be" changes form to indicate person and
singular or
plural
- person in English can be any of the following: first
person, second person, third person
- first person
- refers to the speaker "I" or speakers "we"
- second person
- refers to the listener or reader "you" or, the
listeners or readers "you" (the singular and plural
forms are the same)
- third person
- refers to a person "he", "she", "they", "those",
or thing "it" outside of the conversation
- includes all pronouns except "I", "we", and
"you"
- singular distinguishes between male, female. For
example: "he", "she"
- plural does not distinguish between male, female,
and objects. For example: "they", "those"
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