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PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Pronouns receive their meaning from the words they represent, called
antecedents, which means “to go before.”
There are several kinds of pronouns, but we will study the personal pronoun
first because it is used most frequently.
A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing. It indicates the
person speaking (first person), the person being addressed (second person),
or any person or thing being discussed (third person).
Personal pronouns, like nouns, have gender, person, and case. Unlike nouns,
pronouns are inflected: they have different endings according to their
purpose.
Pronouns agree with antecedents in gender and number, but not necessarily
in case.
1. Gender – pronouns change their form to indicate masculine, feminine,
or neuter.
2. Number – Pronouns change their form to show the difference between
singular and plural.
3. Case – Pronouns have the same case as nouns: nominative, objective,
or possessive
NOMINATIVE CASE OF PRONOUNS
First person
Second person
Third person
Singular
I
you
he, she, it
Plural
we
you
they
1. Subject of the Sentence
The subject of a sentence is always in the nominative case.
Jack received his letterman sweater last week.
Jack, the subject, is in the nominative case.
He earned his letterman sweater last week.
He, the subject, is in the nominative case
(Whenever you write essays, your pronouns must have antecedents.
In our study of pronouns, however, the antecedent cannot always be
present because we are working with isolated sentences.)
2. Subject Complement (sometimes called a predicate nominative) –
follows a linking verb and refers back to the subject. The noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb must have the same case as the
subject. The subject is in the nominative case; therefore, the subject
complement is in the nominative case.
Linking Verbs
Am
Nominative Case
I am, you are, he is, she is it is, we are,
you are, they are
be
he will be, she will be, they will be,
you will be, I will be
been
she has been, he has been, we have been,
they have been
It could never have been she in the locker room.
It is I in the room.
That must have been they working in the lab.
REVIEW: A pronoun has two uses in the nominative case; subject of a
sentence and subject complement (predicate nominative).
OBJECTIVE CASE OF PRONOUNS
First person
Second Person
Third Person
Singular
me
you
him, her, it
Plural
us
you
them
1. Direct Object of a Sentence
A pronoun being used as a direct object in a sentence, should
always use the objective case
We will carry them to the car
2. Indirect Object of a sentence
A pronoun being used as an indirect object in a sentence should
always be in the objective case.
Give me a hand with the tables.
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Remember, you cannot have an indirect object unless there is a direct
object!!!
3. Object of the Preposition
A pronoun being used as an object of a preposition should
always be in the objective case.
The four of us went to the party.
Be sure to keep this information between you and me.
REVIEW: A pronoun has three uses in its objective case: direct object,
indirect object and the object of a preposition.
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
POSSESSIVE CASE OF PRONOUNS
Singular
Plural
my, mine
our, ours
your, yours
your, yours
her, hers, his, its
their, theirs
The possessive case is used when pronouns are used to shown ownership.