GRAMMAR Verb Structures
OBJECT AND SUBJECT PRONOUNS
OBJECT PRONOUNS
Object pronouns are used as grammatical objects in the sentence: the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition.An object pronoun receives the action instead of doing the action itself. They are contrasted with subject pronouns.The primary purpose of object/objective pronouns in English is to avoid redundancy.
subject pronouns
Subject pronouns are used as grammatical subjects in a sentence.A subject pronoun does the action of the sentence instead of receiving the action, as an object/objective pronoun does.The primary purpose of subject/subjective pronouns in English is to avoid redundancy.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
OBJECT PRONOUNS
• I• you• he• she• it• we• you (plural)• they
• me• you• him• her• it• us• you (plural)• them
In grammar, something that performs an action is called a subject, while something that receives an action is called an object.