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“You and him confuse the case of pronouns.”

In this chapter, you’ll find a table showing all the personal pronouns in their various cases and numbers. We urge you to commit it to memory. Misuse of pronoun case marks one as intellectually challenged. So please read on and learn the differences between I and me, he and him, she and her, and scads more.

Subjective Case

Subjective case appears when the pronoun acts:

1. as a grammatical subject You and he confuse the case of pronouns.

2. as a predicate noun The ones who confuse the case of pronouns are you and he.

Objective Case

Objective case appears when the pronoun acts:

1. as a direct object The teacher will lecture you and him on the case of pronouns.

2. as an indirect object You should give her your attention.

3. as an object of a verbal phrase She wants to show him how to win.

4. as an object of a preposition Please write a memo for him and me.

Possessive Case

Possessive case appears when the pronoun possesses some other noun or noun phrase:

Her book is better than mine.

 

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