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Subject and object pronouns

Subject and object pronouns. By: Melissa, Kate, and Bekah. Common Pronouns. A pronoun is used in place of a noun or nouns Examples: He, Her, Him, I, It, Me, She, Them, They, Us, & We. Subjective case. Use only the subjective forms( I, he, she, we ,they, you, & who). Examples.

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Subject and object pronouns

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  1. Subject and object pronouns By: Melissa, Kate, and Bekah

  2. Common Pronouns • A pronoun is used in place of a noun or nouns • Examples: He, Her, Him, I, It, Me, She, Them, They, Us, & We

  3. Subjective case • Use only the subjective forms( I, he, she, we ,they, you, & who)

  4. Examples • He and I know it(Subject). • Who knows it(Subject)? • They know it.

  5. Objective case • Use only the objective forms(me, him, her, us, them, whom, & you) for any kind of object.

  6. Examples • The environment castigated him(Direct Object). • He told her and me the details(Indirect Object). • He told the details to us(Object of Preposition).

  7. Special Concerns • A pronoun in a compound( with and, or, but) takes the same case as it would if not compounded. • A pronoun followed by a noun appositive takes same case as it would without a noun. • A pronoun appositive takes the same case as the word to which it is in apposition. • A pronoun in an incomplete comparison takes the same case as if the comparison were complete.

  8. Special Concerns Conti. 3. A pronoun appositive takes the same case as the word to which it is in apposition. 4. A pronoun in an incomplete comparison takes the same case as if the comparison were complete.

  9. Examples 1. Wrong: Him and me can go. Right: He and I can go. 2. Wrong: Only us Bostonians know. Right: Only we Bostonians know. 3. Two students, you and she will share the prize. 4. Right: She liked Pat more than I.

  10. Find the Pronouns • I like to eat ice cream. • The only one invited was she.

  11. Answers • I • She: subjective complement

  12. Work cited Woytek Packet, http://www.factmonster.com

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