How Do You Use Objective Personal Pronouns?
An objective personal pronoun shows that the pronoun in a sentence works as an object of verbs, compound verbs, prepositions or infinitive phrases. The objective personal pronouns include “you,” “it,” “me,” “her,” “you,” “him,” “us” and “them.” Knowing how to use these handy parts of speech helps you avoid wordiness and cumbersome sentences. Review nouns as parts of speech. Review the purpose of pronouns. Practice identifying both in any written text. Revisit the function of the different forms of verbs, such as simple and compound verbs. Be able to spot both and identify the object of each verb. Choose a writing style. Some styles are terse and active while others are more cumbersome and passive. Use objective personal pronouns with terse and active sentences. Employ these pronouns as substitutes for common and proper nouns. For example, change the sentence, “Mr. Evans forced Daniel to write the paper” to, “Mr. Evans forced him to write it.” Write an active sentence with an infinitive
