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Example: Charles wrote a book.
Performer/Actor Receiving the Action of Verb
Subject Noun Subject Pronoun Object Noun Object Pronoun
Charles (Singular he (Third-Person a book (Singular it (Third-Person
Masculine Noun) Singular Masculine Neuter Noun) Singular Neuter
Pronoun) Pronoun)
Subject Singular
Pronouns 1 I 2 you 3 he she it
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Object Singular
Pronouns 1 me 2 you 3 him her it
New sentence: He wrote it.
Charles is the subject in this sentence. The subject pronoun
he refers to Charles. The action verb wrote takes book as
an object, because the noun book receives the action of the verb
wrote. The object pronoun refers to book.
It can have a double role. In the earlier example The pool
opens, the pronoun it replaces the subject (The pool). In the
example above, He wrote it, the pronoun it refers to the direct
object (a book). Because pronouns can have the same form
whether used as subjects or objects, it is important to identify
the subject first and then determine the object of the sentence.
The next example shows a plural subject.
Example:
The friends love Maria.
Performer/Actor Receiving the Action of Verb
Subject Noun Subject Pronoun Object Noun Object Pronoun
The friends they (Third-Person Maria (Singular her (Third-Person
(Plural Noun) Plural Pronoun) Feminine Noun) Singular Feminine
Pronoun)
The following chart of subject and object pronouns highlights
the pronouns used as replacements for nouns in this example.
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