Editing Template:Pronounshelp

<includeonly>{| class="wikitable"  style="width: 600px;"
! style="text-align: left;" | Pronoun
| {{{pronounname|Unnamed set}}} - {{{subj|he/she/they}}} / {{{obj|him/her/them}}} / {{{posdet|his/her/their}}} / {{{pospro|his/hers/theirs}}} / {{{reflex|himself/herself/themself}}}
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | In use 
| {{{name|Someone}}} is writing {{{posdet|'''posdet'''}}} example sentence, and {{{subj|'''subj'''}}} {{ #ifeq: {{{verbs|plural}}} | {{{verbs|singular}}} | are | is }} very pleased with {{{reflex|'''reflex'''}}}. It was pretty hard for {{{obj|'''obj'''}}}, but {{{subj|'''subj'''}}} {{ #ifeq: {{{verbs|plural}}} | {{{verbs|singular}}} | are | is }} happy because it's {{{pospro|'''pospro'''}}}.
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<code><nowiki>{{pronounshelp}}</nowiki></code> is a template for generating a pronoun set and example sentence for reference and understanding.

It looks like this when it's used:

{| class="wikitable"  style="width: 600px;"
! style="text-align: left;" | Pronoun
| Singular they - they / them / their / theirs / themself
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | In use 
| Sam is writing their example sentence, and they are very pleased with themself. It was pretty hard for them, but they are happy because it's theirs.
|}

==Copy and paste==

Copy and paste this into your page, and then type in the pronoun form after each <code>=</code>. For example, for the set "he/him", you would write <code>subj=he |obj=him ... etc.</code>

<code><nowiki>{{pronounshelp|pronounname= |subj= |obj= |posdet= |pospro= |reflex= |verbs=singular/plural (delete as appropriate) |name= }}</nowiki></code>

Please note that singular "they" uses plural verbs, even when talking about one person - so, despite the name ''singular'' "they", you would type <code>verbs=plural</code>.

==Abbreviations==

::''See also: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun Wikipedia's page on third-person pronouns].''

{| class="wikitable"
! style="font-weight: bold;" | Abbreviation
! style="font-weight: bold;" | Full name
! style="font-weight: bold;" | Example using "he/him" set
|-
| subj
| subject (nominative)
| '''He''' is writing
|-
| obj
| object (oblique)
| I wrote about '''him'''
|-
| posdet
| possessive determiner
| That's '''his''' notebook
|-
| pospro
| possessive pronoun
| That pen is '''his'''
|-
| reflex
| reflexive
| Sam wrote about '''himself'''
|}

==Verbs==

Consider these sentences:

* ''He is a dentist.''
* ''They are a dentist.''

The ''he/him'' pronoun set uses singular verbs - the verb here is "is". But the singular they/them set uses plural verbs - "are". Singular they doesn't typically use singular verbs, meaning one would not say "they is a dentist" typically when using singular they.

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