Objective Personal Pronoun - Glossary of Terms
Objective Personal Pronoun
The objective case is used for a
noun that is not
the subject of a sentence. The objective personal pronouns are:
me, you, him, her, it, us, them and whom. They are used as the direct
object of a verb, the indirect
object of a verb or the object
of a preposition.
Examples:
 Direct
Object (the pronoun which the verb acts on directly):
Please notify him.
  
verb
direct object
Indirect
Object (the pronoun to which the verb happens):
Please pass the butter to her.
/ Please pass her the butter.
verb
indirect object
verb indirect
object
The
Object of a Preposition (the pronoun
which follows a preposition, e.g., in, on, at, near, by):
She lives near it.
preposition object of
the preposition
Objective personal pronouns cannot be used as the subject of a verb.
Examples:
Him
saw the dog. (wrong)
Whom
set the table? (wrong)
Interactive example:
| We
are looking after her
and whom?
[show me the objective personal pronouns] |
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Glossary of Grammatical Terms
