

The pronoun it is the direct object of the verb threw. The objective personal pronoun her is the direct object of the verb forced, and the objective personal pronoun him is the object of the preposition with.Īfter reading the pamphlet, Judy threw it into the garbage can. The carjacker stole the SUV and forced her to go with him. In the following examples, each of the highlighted words is an objective personal pronoun. The objective personal pronouns are me, you, her, him, it, us and them. Are you the delegates from Prince Edward Island?Īn objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition or infinitive phrase.


He stole the SUV and forced her to go with him.You are surely the strangest person I have ever met.I was glad to find my bus pass in the bottom of my knapsack.In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is a subjective personal pronoun and acts as a subject: The subjective personal pronouns are I, you, she, he, it, we and they. Subjective personal pronounsĪ subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. Personal pronounsĪ personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender and case. Grammarians classify pronouns into several types: personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive and intensive. Pronouns such as he, which, none and you make sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive. A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronoun.
