Yes, children is an irregular plural. A regular plural is a noun that is made plural by adding an -s or an -es to the end of the word. An irregular plural is a noun that is made plural by some other means.
Regular plurals:
sister: sisters
church: churches
lion: lions
Irregular plurals:
child: children
city: cities
life: lives
They is a third person, subjective, plural pronoun.
No, the personal pronoun 'them' is an objective pronoun that takes the place of a plural noun (or two or more nouns) as the object of a verb or a preposition.The corresponding plural, nominative pronoun is 'they'.Examples:I will give them a call to see if theycan come.The pronoun 'them' is the direct object of the verb 'will give'.The pronoun 'they' is the subject of the second part of the compound sentence.
The pronoun 'you' functions as a nominative (subjective) or an objective pronoun. The pronoun 'you' functions as the singular and the plural second person, personal pronoun. Examples: singular, subject: You are a good friend. plural, subject: You are all invited. singular, object: I made this sandwich for you. plural, object: I made lunch for all of you.
"They" can be a nominative case pronoun when it is used as the subject of a sentence (e.g., "They are going to the party"). It can also be an objective case pronoun when it is used as the object of a verb or preposition (e.g., "I gave the book to them").
No, it is not a preposition. The word they is a personal pronoun (third person plural, nominative case).
The second person, personal pronoun is you.The pronoun 'you' functions as a subject or an object in a sentence.The pronoun 'you' functions as a singular or a plural pronoun.The second person, possessive pronoun is yours.The pronoun 'yours' functions as a subject or an object in a sentence.The pronoun 'yours' functions as a singular or a plural pronoun.The second person, possessive adjective is your.The pronoun 'your' can describe a noun that is a subject or an object in a sentence.The pronoun 'your' can take the place of a singular or a plural noun.Examples:Jack, you can wash up for lunch now. (singular subject)Children, you can wash up for lunch now. (plural subject)Lunch is ready. Jack, yours is on the table. (singular subject)Lunch is ready. Children, yours is on the table. (plural subject)Jack, your lunch is ready. (singular, describes the subject noun)Children, your lunch is ready. (plural, describes the subject noun)
The third person nominative pronouns are: he, she, it, they.Note: the pronoun 'it' can function as a subject or an object in a sentence.
The 'Biblical' pronouns for the singular 'you' are thouas a subject (nominative) and thee as an object.The 'Biblical' pronouns for the plural 'you' are ye as a subject (nominative) and you as an object.
"You" is the second-person nominative pronoun in English, both singular and plural. Previously the second-person nominative singular pronoun was "thou", but this is obsolescent and is found now only in devotional works and poetry. In some parts of the United States, the pronoun you-all (pronounced y'all) was devised as a specific pronoun for the plural, but it is now often used (when it is used) indiscriminately for singular and plural.
The word children's is not a pronoun, it is a noun. The word children is the plural form for the noun child. The word children's is a plural, possessive noun.
No, the word "him" is an objective pronoun, not a nominative pronoun. Nominative pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence, while objective pronouns are used as the object of a verb or preposition.
The types of pronouns, whether nominative, objective or possessive, are first, second and third person, singular and plural, masculine, feminine and neutral. Nominative first person singular: I Nominative first person plural: we Second person: you Nominative third person singular masculine: he Nominative third person singular feminine: she Nominative third person singular neutral: it Nominative third person plural: they