Personal Pronouns
Pronouns in English display case according to their function in the sentence.
Subjective
Pronouns: They act as the subject
of independent or dependent clauses.
example:
In this example both
I
and you are pronouns
but I is a subjective
pronoun because it functions as a subject, the person or thing who realizes
the action.
example:
In this example he
is
a subjective pronoun because he
is the person who realizes the action (he
travels.)
Possessive
Pronouns: They
show possession of something else.
example:
Hers
is a possessive pronoun because it indicates that the art book belongs
to her.
Objective
Pronouns: They
function as the recipient of the action.
Pronouns change form when they change
case. These changes are illustrated in the chart bellow:
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she it |
her, hers its |
her it |
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