Personal Pronouns Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns

• Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Subject Pronouns

Object Pronouns

• An object pronoun is used as the
• direct/indirect object or the object of a preposition.
• Give the book to me.
• The teacher gave her a reprimand.
• I will tell you a story.
• Susan read it to them.

List of Personal Pronouns

• Singular Plural
• I we
• you you
• he, she, it they

• Subject Pronouns

• me us
• you you
• him, her, it them

• Object Pronouns

PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• Read the following sentences. Can you tell to whom the word She refers?
• Arachne competes with Athena. She weaves skillfully.
• The sentence is not clear because the word She could refer to either Arachne or Athena. Sometimes you must repeat a noun or rewrite the sentence.
• Arachne competes with Athena. Athena weaves skillfully.

PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent.
• When you use a pronoun, you should be sure that it refers to its antecedent clearly. Be especially careful when you use the pronoun they. Read the following sentence.
• They have several books about Greek myths at the library.
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PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• The meaning of They is unclear. The sentence can be improved by rewriting it in the following manner.
• Several books about myths are available at the library.

PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• When using pronouns, you must also make sure that they agree with their antecedents in number (singular or plural) and gender. The gender of a noun may be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neutral (referring to things). Notice how the pronouns on the next slide agree with their antecedents.

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