{"id":521,"date":"2011-07-08T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-125-subjective-and-objective-pronouns-part-ii-of-ii\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T21:39:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T01:39:40","slug":"day-125-subjective-and-objective-pronouns-part-ii-of-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-125-subjective-and-objective-pronouns-part-ii-of-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 125: Subjective and Objective Pronouns Part II of II"},"content":{"rendered":"
So why do you need to know the difference between subjective and objective pronouns if you are not likely to say Me going to town<\/em> or Give that to I<\/em>?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The problem with the subjective and objective pronoun does not occur when only one pronoun is present (though I do occasionally hear someone say something like, \u201cThem aren\u2019t ripe yet\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The problem comes when you have two pronouns at or near the beginning of your sentence (subjective pronouns, hopefully!) or two pronouns at or near the end of your sentence (objective pronouns, hopefully!):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Subjective<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Objective:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSingle Pronoun Test\u201d:<\/strong> The key to using the correct pronouns in this case is to say each pronoun by itself in the sentence (without the second one) to see if it sounds correct:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The problem also occurs with a pronoun and noun combination:<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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