How many personal pronouns are in the passage? (Do not count any reflexive, intensive, or indefinite pronouns.)

" For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and mak

In this passage we have 21 personal pronouns and they are all "I"

" For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and make."

28

Explanation:

Personal pronouns are words that substitute or replace specific nouns, be it a person, animal, thing, place, event, etc. There are mainly three types of personal pronouns: Subject pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it, they), object pronoun (me, us, you, him, her, it, them) and possessive pronouns (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs).

In the passage there are 28 personal pronouns, 7 of which are object pronouns: "me" and "it" and 21 are subject pronouns: "I"

For what 1) I am doing, 2) I do not understand; for 3) I am not practicing what 4) I would like to do, but 5) I am doing the very thing 6) I hate. But if 7) I do the very thing 8) I do not want to do, 9) I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. So now, no longer am 10) I the one doing 11) it, but sin which dwells in 12) me. For 13) I know that nothing good dwells in 14) me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in 15) me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that 16) I want, 17) I do not do, but 18) I practice the very evil that 19) I do not want. But if 20) I am doing the very thing 21) I do not want, 22) I am no longer the one doing 23) it, but sin which dwells in 24) me. 25) I find then the principle that evil is present in 26) me, the one who wants to do good. For 27) I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but 28) I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and mak