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Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns
A pronoun is used in place of a noun. People communicating with each other understand who or what is being referred to by the pronoun.
Subject Pronouns
(a) I eat with chopsticks.
(c) You eat with chopsticks. (e) He eats with chopsticks. (g) She eats with chopsticks. (i) It is a chopstick.
(m) We eat with chopsticks. (o) You eat with chopsticks. (q) They eat with chopsticks. (s) They are chopsticks.
Object Pronouns
Subject – Object
I – me you – you he – him she – her it – it we – us you – you they – them they – them
(b) Kim gives chopsticks to me. (d) Kim gives chopsticks to you. (f) Kim gives chopsticks to him. (h) Kim gives a chopstick to her. (j) Kim gives it to Phong.
(n) Kim gives chopsticks to us. (p) Kim gives chopsticks to you. (r) Kim gives chopsticks to them. (t) Kim gives them to Phong.
(u) I eat with chopsticks. They are used every day.
(v) I eat with chopsticks. I use them every day.
(w) I light incense for the family altar. I light it every morning.
(x) The burning incense is placed on the altar. It smokes and leaves a scent in the air.
In (u), they has the same meaning as chopsticks. They is a subject pronoun referring to chopsticks. In (v), them has the same meaning as chopsticks. Them is an object pronoun referring chopsticks. They and them are pronouns that refer to chopsticks.
In (x), burning incense is a noun phrase. It refers to the phrase burning incense.
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