Noun and Pronoun Case
Grammar Rules Guide - Chapter 20
Case refers to how nouns and pronouns are used in relation to the other words in a sentence. The three cases are subjective, objective, and possessive.
Subjective Case
Subjective case is sometimes called the nominative case. A noun or pronoun is in the subjective when it is used as the subject of the sentence or as a predicate noun. A predicate noun follows a form of the be verb, and it renames the subject of the sentence. In the following examples, nouns and pronouns in the subjective case are italicized.
I hope to finish my paper tonight.
Valerie danced in the statewide competition.
He is a clown. (The word clown is a predicate noun)
Objective Case
A noun or pronoun is in the objective case when it is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of the preposition.
Dad prepared the dinner.
Our dog crawled under the fence.
Mom gave us the money.
Possessive Case
A noun or pronoun is in the possessive case when it is used to show ownership of an object:
Mom washed Valerie's leotard.
Where did you find her book?
Pronoun Cases
Subjective: I, You, He, She, It, We, They
Objective: Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them
Possessive: My, Mine, Your, Yours, Her, Hers, Its, Our, Ours, Their, Theirs
Grammar Rules Guide Index
Active and Passive Voice - Chapter 1
Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses - Chapter 2
Adjectives - Chapter 3
Adverbs - Chapter 4
Appositives - Chapter 5
Auxiliary Verbs - Chapter 6
Common and Proper Nouns - Chapter 7
Comparatives and Superlatives - Chapter 8
Complements - Chapter 9
Conjunctions - Chapter 10
Conjunctive Adverbs - Chapter 11
Dangling Modifiers - Chapter 12
Direct and Indirect Objects - Chapter 13
Fused Sentences, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices - Chapter 14
Homophones - Chapter 15
Independent and Dependent Clauses - Chapter 16
Interjections - Chapter 17
Mass and Count Nouns - Chapter 18
Misplaced Modifiers - Chapter 19
Noun and Pronoun Case - Chapter 20
Noun and Verb Phrases - Chapter 21
Nouns - Chapter 22
Parallelism - Chapter 23
Perfect and Progressive Verb Forms - Chapter 24
Prepositional Phrases - Chapter 25
Prepositions - Chapter 26
Principal Parts of Verbs - Chapter 27
Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement - Chapter 28
Pronouns - Chapter 29
Regular and Irregular Verbs - Chapter 30
Relative Clauses - Chapter 31
Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses - Chapter 32
Sentence Fragments - Chapter 33
Sentence Types - Chapter 34
Subjects and Predicates - Chapter 35
Verb Mood - Chapter 36
Verbals and Verbal Phrases - Chapter 37
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