What Are Objective Personal Pronouns? (with Examples)

What Are Objective Personal Pronouns? (with Examples)

• A direct object (e.g., I saw her.)
• An indirect object (e.g., Give him a chance.)
• The object of a preposition (e.g., Sit next to them.)

• They know him.
(They is the subjective case. Him is the objective case.)
• He knows them.
(He is the subjective case. Them is the objective case.)

Examples of Objective Personal Pronouns As Direct Objects

• Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
• To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894)
(In this example, you is also an objective personal pronoun. It's an object of preposition. See below.)
• I'm a godmother. That's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me God for short. That's cute. I taught her that. (Ellen DeGeneres)
(In this example, her is also an objective personal pronoun. It's an indirect object. See below.)

Examples of Objective Personal Pronouns As Indirect Objects

• Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. (Arthur Miller, 1915-2005)
• The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784)
• I'm a godmother. That's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me God for short. That's cute. I taught her that. (Ellen DeGeneres)
(In this example, me is also an objective personal pronoun. It's a direct object. See above.)

Examples of Objective Personal Pronouns As the Objects of Prepositions

• All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. (Sean O'Casey, 1880-1964)
• To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894)
(In this example, him is also an objective personal pronoun. It's a direct object. See above.)
• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865)

Not All the Pronouns Change Their Forms