GRAMMAR Verb Structures

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.