Examples of object pronoun in the following topics:
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- Pronouns can be the subject or the object of a sentence.
- Pronouns can act as both subjects and objects.
- Personal object pronouns refer to one or ones who receive the action.
- Personal object pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
- Therefore, they are object pronouns.
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- [The pronoun she refers to the antecedent Carolina.]
- [The pronoun he refers to the antecedent Jim.]
- Their antecedent will always be singular: just one person or object.
- These pronouns must have an antecedent that is more than one person or object.
- The pronoun he refers to the antecedent Scott.]
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- The second-person pronoun is "you," and the third-person pronouns are "he," "she," "it."
- Possessive pronouns show ownership in relation to the pronoun.
- "That" is used to relate to things (as both subjects and objects) when there is more than one thing you could be referring to:
- Similarly, "which" is also used to relate to things (as both subjects and objects)—but its crucial difference is that it is used when there is only one thing you could be referring to.
- Person or being (as object): To whom was the letter addressed?
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- Adjectives describe, quantify, or identify pronouns and nouns.
- specify the amount of whatever noun or pronoun you are modifying.
- confirm exactly which object the writer is referring to.
- Sometimes, pronouns can be used as adjectives.
- In addition to demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns like "his" or "their" can also identify specific objects within a set.
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- The subject of a sentence is a noun or
pronoun (and its article, if it has one).
- In active-voice sentences, it is the noun or pronoun performing the
action in the sentence.
- In example 2, the subject is a pronoun.
- The object of a sentence is the noun or
pronoun which is being acted upon, or at which the action is directed.
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are two types of objects: direct objects and indirect objects.
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- Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
- Adjectives describe, quantify, or identify pronouns and nouns.
- offer descriptive details about the noun or pronoun.
- refer to quantity of the noun or pronoun being described by the adjective.
- specifically describes which object is being referred to.
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- Avoiding the use of first person pronouns in your paper can improve its persuasive power by changing how it is perceived by a reader.
- While paragraph does employ the first-person plural pronoun "we," it does so to invite the reader into the wider scholastic conversation it means to address.
- One way to think about why using objective language, rather than subjective language, is beneficial is to consider that your presence is already within the paper.
- Using objective language helps shift your presence as a writer into the background in order to foreground the particulars of the argument that you are presenting.
- Identify two reasons why it is important to avoid using first person pronouns in academic papers
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- ., so it can be used as a direct object instead of a subject).
- Similarly, if you’re changing the pronoun “I” to “me,” or “she” to “her,” the person you’re referring to isn’t changing, but the word you use does, because of context.
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- "Number" is a way of saying how many people (or objects) are in the subject.
- Five indefinite pronouns always take plural verbs: others, both, many, few, and several.
- Some indefinite pronouns can take a singular or plural verb based on whether the noun to which they are referring is uncountable (singular) or countable (plural).
- You can't say "one water" or "two waters" because it's all just a continuous object (unless you are talking about two distinct containers of water).
- Some words ending in "s" refer to single objects but are considered plural and so should take plural verbs, unless they are preceded by "pair of" (in which case "pair" would be the subject).