How do you know which pronoun to use when referring to subjects, objects, or showing possession?
As the Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue University, n.d.) describes,
Pronouns take three forms:
| Pronouns as subjects | Pronouns as objects | Pronouns that show possession |
| I | me | my (mine |
| you | you | your (yours) |
| he, she, it | him, her, it | his, her (hers), it (its) |
| we | us | our (ours) |
| they | them | their (theirs) |
| who | whom | whose |
The pronouns this, that, these, those, and which do not change form. (para. 1)
For more information regarding subjects and objects within a sentence, please refer to the appropriate information within Sentence Elements.
For more information regarding pronoun cases, please refer to The OWL at Purdue: Pronoun Case.
Reference
Purdue University. (n.d.). Pronoun case. Purdue Online Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/pronouns/pronoun_case.html