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  1. Early Modern English had some great words that are still fun to use today. Here is a table of the pronouns from that period and how, when, and where to correctly use them.

    NominativeObliqueGenitivePossessive1st personsingularImemy/mineminepluralweusourours2nd personsingular informalthoutheethy/thinethinesingular formalye, youyouyouryoursplural3rd personsingularhe/she/ithim/her/ithis/her/his (it)his/hers/hispluraltheythemtheirtheirsTable of words from Wikipedia’s Early Modern English article

    https://using-archaic-words.isbrill.com/common/personal-pronouns-in-early-modern-english/

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