A few days ago
Anonymous

Is “them” a first, second, or third person?

I need help because I am just not following through. I am a smart person but this is confusing. Give me some examples of other first, second, and third persons if possible

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A few days ago
Bruce

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Them is third person.

English distinguishes three grammatical persons:

The personal pronouns I and we are said to be in the first person. The speaker uses this in the singular to refer to himself or herself; in the plural, to speak of a group of people including the speaker.

The personal pronoun you is in the second person. It refers to the addressee. You is used in both the singular and plural; thou is the archaic second-person singular pronoun.

All other pronouns and all nouns are in the third person. Any person place or thing other than the speaker and the addressed is referred to in the third person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person

See also:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/349293/what_is_person_in_english_grammar.html

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Cheers,

Bruce

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A few days ago
Anonymous
It surely Isnt First! So Its between Second and third.. Im Thinking 3rd. But Im not 100%. Just know its not First Person.
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5 years ago
Gladys
It really depends on what I’m thinking about, but rarely if ever do I think in the third and mostly I think not directly about me i.e. “perhaps using a treehashmap would be more useful than a linked list”….
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A few days ago
Giliathriel
It’s a third person plural pronoun.
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A few days ago
SKCave
The first person singular is I or me eg.I hate homework

The second person singular is You. you hate homework.

The third person singular is he/she, him/her He hates homework.

OK. Then we get on to the plurals

First person plural is we or us

Second person plural is “you”

Third person plural is “They or them.

hope this helps.

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A few days ago
rae
them could have been first, but its not me or you or in what order its just the other ones
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A few days ago
Anonymous
first = I,me

second = you

third = them,he,her

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A few days ago
Anonymous
them is 3rd person
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A few days ago
Anonymous
http://schools.fwps.org/kilo/teachers/smclaugh/skills/thirdperson.htm

That site should help you.

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