Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot. And from Peteâs descriptions, Elliot seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meachamâs stories.
Download version. Overview: Personal pronouns take the place of nouns that refer to people, places, and things. Pronoun usage is one of the top ten problems beginning college writers struggle with because they primarily use the pronouns I, you, and they as the subjects of their sentences in normal conversation.
A pronoun is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common pronouns include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we. Here are some examples: Often a pronoun takes the place of a particular noun. This noun is known as the antecedent. A pronoun refers to, or directs your thoughts toward, its antecedent.