The Grammar of Pronouns

The humble pronoun is an essential part of all our everyday speech. It replaces nouns for convenience and brevity and frequent use can suggest informality - though it is considered impolite to use the third person in front of the speaker (eg in a 3-way conversation for A to say to B "She doesn't mind" elicits "Who are you calling she?" from C.

Dialects can have pronoun systems which differ from standard English. For example the pronoun "youz" is used in Newcastle and parts of Scotland as a second person plural pronoun eg "Youz lot come with me". This clarifies whether "you" is describing one or more people. Newcastle also uses "we" (or wuh) in place of SE "us" eg "have youz got a drink for wuh?"

The grid below gives the pronouns used in Standard English. It is worth learning the descriptions for each as this is essential terminology in describing pronoun use.

Tip: use a simple verb like "hit" and create sentences to check pronoun use.
"he hit me" reveals "he" is a subject and "me" an object while "her hit I" is not standard English (though it may be characteristic of the west country)

Produce a similar grid for your own local dialect - or listen to Eastenders and create a grid from their usage.