PRONOUNS

Armando L. Pama
NDMU, Koronadal city
 The Case Forms of Personal Pronouns

NOMINATIVE OBJECTIVE POSSESSIVE

I me my, mine
you you your, yours
he, she, it him, her, it his, her, hers,its

we us our, ours
you you your, yours
they them their, theirs
 The subject of the verb is in the
NOMINATIVE CASE: I like music; He
and she sold tickets.

A predicate nominative (a
noun/pronoun that completes the
meaning of a linking verb) is in the
NOMINATIVE CASE: The speakers
are she and I.
 Usage note: 1. Some usages are acceptable in
conversational English; 2. From time to time
usage changes, so that expressions that were
once considered nonstandard may become
standard.
The expressions It’s me, That’s her, It was them,
etc. ,although they violate the rule, have now
become acceptable SPOKEN English. In
WRITING, however, standard usage STILL
FOLLOWS THE RULE.
SPOKEN: It was her. (him, etc.)
WRITTEN: It was she. (he, etc.)
 Direct and indirect objects of a
verb are in the OBJECTIVE CASE:
You surprised us (Us is the object
of the verb surprised); Our
neighbor gave her and me a job
(Her and me are indirect objects;
they tell to whom our neighbor
gave a job.)
The object of a preposition is in the
OBJECTIVE CASE.
with me; near her; except them; to
him; by us; for us
The clowns talked to Claire and
me; Do you have suggestions for
Jane or me?
EXERCISE: Select a pronoun that will correctly
fill each blank.
1. Yesterday she and (me, I) went shopping.
2. Neither (she, her) nor Kathy was
nominated.
3. We hope it was (her, she).
4. Luckily, it was not (they, them) in the
accident.
5. The teacher asked (we, us) hard questions.
 Answer Key

1. I
2. she
3. she
4. they
5. us