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What are the three cases of pronouns in English?

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The three cases for pronouns are:

Subjective (nominative) pronouns are used only for the subject of a sentences or clause.
Objective pronouns are pronouns that are used only for the object of a verb or a preposition.
Possessive (genitive): A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something. A possessive adjective describes a noun as belonging to someone or something.

nominative
objective
possessive

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