OBJECT FORM

+214.+ Pronouns have one form which nouns do not have. We use the same

form for the noun no matter whether it is the subject or the object. For

example:

The man saw me.

I saw the man.

In the first sentence _man_ is the subject of the verb _saw_, and in the

second sentence _man_ is the object of the verb _saw_. The same word is

used; but you will notice that in the first sentence _me_ is the object

of the verb _saw_, and in the second _I_ is the subject; yet both refer

to the same person, the first person, the person speaking.

So we have a different form of the pronoun for the object, for example:

_I saw him._ _He saw me._ _She watched us._ _We watched her._ _You found

them._ _Him_, _me_, _us_, _her_, and _them_ in these sentences are used

as the objects of the verbs, _see_, _watch_ and _found_, and are called

the object forms of the pronouns. _You_ and _it_ have the same form for

both the subject and object; as, _You did it._ _It frightens you._ _Her_

is used as both the possessive form and the object form, as, _Her work

tires her._

+215.+ The following table gives the subject and the object forms of the

personal pronouns, and these should never be confused in their usage. We

must not use the object form as the subject of the verb, nor the subject

form as the object of the verb.

+Singular+

_Subject_ _Object_

_First._ I Me

_Second._ You You

_Third._ He, she, it Him, her, it

+Plural+

_Subject_ _Object_

_First._ We Us

_Second._ You You

_Third._ They Them

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