[George]

Originally Posted by Brother Tim

"Chette has given the brief and simple answer and George has given the details. I will just add a couple of examples where the distinction is important.

The shorter one I will quote: (bold underlining mine)
Notice that the first verse refers to "you". Without knowing the distinctions in the pronouns, it would seem that Jesus is talking to Peter ("Simon, Simon") alone. Since the "y" pronouns (you, your, yours) are plural, we know that Jesus is speaking of the group in verse 31. The pronoun changes in verse 32 to show that now Jesus is speaking to Peter directly as an individual. "th" pronouns (thy, thou, thee, thine) are singular.

The second example is a homework assignment.
Read Joshua 1:2-9 and notice how the number of the pronoun (singular or plural) shifts in God's words to Joshua. To whom does each promise apply?"

Aloha Brother Tim,

Excellent Post! I did the "homework assignment" and it sure was "illuminating"!