Editing They (section)

== Syntax ==

=== Functions ===
''They'' can appear as a [[Subject (grammar)|subject]], [[Object (grammar)|object]], [[determiner]] or [[Complement (linguistics)|predicative complement]].<ref name=":1" /> The reflexive form also appears as an [[Adjunct (grammar)|adjunct]].

* Subject: "''They''<nowiki />'re there"; "''them'' being there"; "''their'' being there".
* Object: "I saw ''them''"; "I directed her to ''them''"; "They connect to ''themselves''."
* Predicative complement: "In our attempt to fight evil, we have become ''them''"; "They eventually felt they had become ''themselves''."
* Dependent [[determiner]]: "I touched ''their'' car"; "''them'' folks are helpful" (non-standard).
* Independent determiner: "This is ''theirs''."
* Adjunct: "They did it ''themselves''."

=== Dependents ===
Pronouns rarely take [[Phrase structure grammar#Dependency relation|dependents]], but it is possible for ''they'' to have many of the same kind of dependents as other [[noun phrase]]s.

* [[Relative clause]] modifier: "they ''who arrive late''".
* Determiner: "Sometimes, when you think, 'I will show them', ''the'' 'them' you end up showing is yourself."
* [[Adjective phrase]] modifier: "the ''real'' them".
* [[Adverbial phrase|Adverb phrase]] external modifier: "''not even'' them".