{"id":1052,"date":"2017-09-09T17:10:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/?page_id=1052"},"modified":"2017-09-09T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T17:10:20","slug":"the-pronoun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/parts-speech\/the-basics\/the-pronoun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pronoun"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: September 9, 2017 at 17:10 pm\n<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Photo by Nikiko\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/09\/ea30b50a2af31c3e81584d04ee44408be272e2d110b6174990f0_640_dog.jpg?resize=640%2C450\" alt=\"The Pronoun\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" \/>What is the Pronoun?<\/h1>\n<p>The pronoun is one of the eight parts of speech of the English Language. The pronoun takes the place of a noun. A noun names something. So why replace the noun in the first place? Read the following paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>Sally woke up early one morning. Sally took a shower, brushed Sally&#8217;s teeth and ate breakfast. Then Sally decided to take Sally&#8217;s dog for a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Now read the same paragraph but with the use of pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>Sally woke up early one morning. She took a shower, brushed her teeth and ate breakfast. Then she decided to take her dog for a walk.<\/p>\n<p>The second paragraph made use of the pronouns &#8220;she&#8221; and &#8220;her.&#8221; Using &#8220;Sally&#8221; all the time, as in the first paragraph, is boring, cumbersome and repetitive. However, the second paragraph reads much better.<\/p>\n<h6>Subject Pronouns<\/h6>\n<p>Subject pronouns are used to replace the subject of a sentence. They include: I, you, he she it, we, they. A subject is something we are taking about. Always be careful to use subject pronouns, and not object pronouns, to take the place of subject nouns.<\/p>\n<h6>Object Pronouns<\/h6>\n<p>Object pronouns are used to replace the object in a sentence. They include: me, you, him, her, us, them. An object is something that receives an action or completes a prepositional phrase. Always be careful to use object pronouns, and not subject pronouns, to take the place of object nouns.<\/p>\n<p>Coming Soon:<\/p>\n<p>Subject Pronouns<\/p>\n<p>Object Pronouns<\/p>\n<p>Personal Pronouns<\/p>\n<p>Possessive Pronouns<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to get notified when we launch new articles, and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Pronoun? The pronoun is one of the eight parts of speech of the English Language. The pronoun takes the place of a noun. 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