Subject and Object – I/Me, He/Him, They/Them…

You might be familiar with pronouns serving as subjects in a sentence, but as objects, not so much. Pronouns are often used as subjects, but there are also object pronouns. It is called an object pronoun because it receives an action in the sentence.

Subject pronouns and their form when in an object position will be identified here. “I,” “we,” “you,” “he,” “she,” and “they” are subject pronouns. In their object position, the pronouns go through a change in order to be suited for the new position.

The evolution of the subject pronoun into the object pronoun will be highlighted below.

• “I” will change to “me.”
• “We” will change to “us.”
• “He” will change to “him.”
• “She” will change to “her.”
• “They” will change to “them.”

Interestingly, “you” remains the same, whether in a subject or object position. Nevertheless, let us provide some examples of pronouns in subject form:

• I am your new teacher.
• We know the Beatles.
• He is as talented as Sam.
• She cooks as good as Laura.
• They know Bryan.
• You love John.

In the above examples, the pronouns are in subject positions in the sentence. Now, take a look at pronouns in object positions:

• Your new teacher is me.
• The Beatles know us.
• Sam is as talented as him.
• Laura cooks as good as her.
• Bryan knows them.
• John loves you.