{"id":3482,"date":"2012-09-05T21:36:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/SchoolTutoring.com\/help\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:32:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:32:04","slug":"the-three-cases-of-personal-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/the-three-cases-of-personal-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Cases of Personal Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pronouns have three cases, which is what indicates how that pronoun is related to the words that it is used with. The three cases are: nominative, possessive, and objective.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>nominative case<\/em> is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. The nominative form pronouns are: I, you, he\/she, it, we\/they.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She was quiet as she entered the museum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this sentence, the subject or thing being named by the use of a pronoun is \u201cShe\u201d and so this would use the nominative case pronoun.<\/p>\n<p>A pronoun that is in the <em>possessive case<\/em> is used to show ownership or possession of something. The possessive form pronouns are: My, mine, our(s), his\/her(s), their, its, and yours.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My car wouldn\u2019t start because I left the headlights on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this sentence, \u201cMy\u201d is showing who\u2019s car is being discussed, and the \u201cI,\u201d being the subject of the sentence, is there in the nominative pronoun.<\/p>\n<p>A pronoun that is in the <em>objective case <\/em>is used as the direct object, indirect object, or the object of the preposition. The objective form pronouns are: Me, you, him, her, it, and them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was so thrilled that I gave her a big hug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this sentence, \u201cher\u201d is the object receiving the action in the sentence and so is a pronoun in the objective case. \u201cI\u201d would be in the nominative case, as the purpose of the sentence is to demonstrate something about \u201cI,\u201d the subject of the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tutorOrange\">SchoolTutoring Academy<\/span> is the premier educational services company for K-12 and college students. We offer tutoring programs for students in K-12, AP classes, and college. To learn more about how we help parents and students in Coronado, CA visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/tutoring-in-coronado-california\/\">Tutoring in Coronado, CA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronouns have three cases, which is what indicates how that pronoun is related to the words that it is used with. The three cases are: nominative, possessive, and objective. The nominative case is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. The nominative form pronouns are: I, you, he\/she, it, we\/they. She was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2169,2170,2173,2175,2202],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-and-grammar","tag-what-is-a-nominative-pronoun","tag-what-is-a-nominative-pronoun-what-is-a-possessive-pronoun-what-is-an-objective-pronoun-what-is-a-pronoun-case","tag-what-is-a-possessive-pronoun","tag-what-is-a-pronoun-case","tag-what-is-an-objective-pronoun"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}