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 1.He and I know it(Subject). 2.Who knows it(Subject)? 3.They know it.

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

Examples 1.The environment castigated him(Direct Object). 2.He told her and me the details(Indirect Object). 3.He told the details to us(Object of Preposition).

Special Concerns 1.A pronoun in a compound( with and, or, but) takes the same case as it would if not compounded. 2.A pronoun followed by a noun appositive takes same case as it would without a noun. 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.

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.

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.

Find the Pronouns 1.I like to eat ice cream. 2.The only one invited was she.

Answers 1.I 2.She: subjective complement

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