The Pesky Pronoun

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The Pesky Pronoun
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• Part Three Object Pronouns

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What Youll Learn

• By the time you successfully complete this
  lesson, you will
• know how to recognize pronouns as objects.
• know direct objects, indirect objects, and
  objects of a preposition.
• be able to identify the correct form of the
  pronoun.

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Object Pronouns Direct Objects

• Heres the Idea
• An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an
  indirect object, or an object of a preposition.

Singular Plural me us you you him, her, it them
Direct Object the pronoun receives the action of
a verb and answers the question whom or what.
scare whom?
Bad storms scare me.
Direct Object
(like what?) them.
Do you like them?
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Object Pronouns Indirect Objects

• Heres the Idea
• An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an
  indirect object, or an object of a preposition.

Singular Plural me us you you him, her, it them
Indirect Object the pronoun tells to whom or
what or for whom or what an action is performed.
to whom?
Give me an explanation of how hurricanes form.
Indirect Object
I told him the story of Hurricane Floyd.
(to whom?). Indirect object
(told what?). Direct object
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Objects of a Preposition

• Heres the Idea
• An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an
  indirect object, or an object of a preposition.

Singular Plural me us you you him, her, it them
Object of a Preposition the pronoun follows a
preposition (such as to, from, for, against, by,
about).
When he sees big storms, he runs from them.
Preposition
Its a contest between him and me.
The preposition is between, so its between him
and me NOT between he and I.
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Why it Matters in Writing

• People commonly misuse subject and object
  pronouns in conversation, especially I and me.
  Pay attention to your use of these words when
  they are part of compound subjects or objects.

Incorrect My mother and me listened to a radio
program about Hurricane Floyd.
Click to see why this is wrong.
Correct My mother and I listened to a radio
program about Hurricane Floyd. Why is this
correct? My mother listened to a radio
program I listened to a radio program NOT me
listened to a radio program
Watch for the compound subject Mother and I
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Show What You Know!

• Now you know
• to ask yourself Is the pronoun a direct object,
  indirect object or an object of a preposition?
• that you should check when the pronoun is part of
  a compound subject or compound object by
  separating them.
• Click on the link below to go to the online
  review.

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