Evolution of the English pronouns

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The English language once had an extensive declension system similar to Latin, modern German or Icelandic. Old English distinguished between the nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases; and for strongly declined adjectives and some pronouns also a separate instrumental case (which otherwise and later completely coincided with the dative). In addition, the dual was distinguished from the more modern singular and plural

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Introduction
1 Old English personal pronouns
2 Evolution of the English pronouns
2.1 Interrogative pronouns
2.1.1 Masculine/feminine (person)
2.1.2 Neuter (non-person)
2.2 First person personal pronouns
2.2.1 Singular
2.2.2 Plural
2.3 Second person personal pronouns
2.3.1 Old and Middle English singular to the Modern English archaic informal
2.3.2 Old and Middle English plural to the archaic formal to the modern general
2.3.2.1 Formal and informal forms of the second person singular and plural
2.4 Third person personal pronouns
2.4.1 Feminine singular
2.4.2 Masculine singular
2.4.3 Neuter singular
2.4.4 Plural
The list of the used sources

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