subject pronoun

Examples of subject pronoun in the following topics:

• Declining Pronouns: Subjects and Objects

• Pronouns as Subjects and Objects

  • Pronouns can be the subject or the object of a sentence.
  • Pronouns can act as both subjects and objects.
  • Explanation: "She" is the subject pronoun referring to Janice and "it" is the object pronoun referring to the car.
  • Personal subject pronouns refer to the one or ones completing an action.
  • Personal subject pronouns are I, he, she, it, we, you, they.

• Introduction to Pronouns

  • Reflexive pronouns "reflect" back to the subject.
  • The main relative pronouns dealing with people are "who" (used to relate to people or creatures as subjects), "whom" (used to relate to people or creatures as subjects), and "whose" (used to relate to a possession of a person or creature).
  • "That" is used to relate to things (as both subjects and objects) when there is more than one thing you could be referring to:
  • Subordinate clauses are phrases within a sentence that modify the subject of the sentence.
  • Person or being (as subject): Who wants to go to the movies with me?

• Components of a Sentence

  • The subject of a sentence is a noun or pronoun (and its article, if it has one).
  • In active-voice sentences, it is the noun or pronoun performing the action in the sentence.
  • In example 2, the subject is a pronoun.
  • The object of a sentence is the noun or pronoun which is being acted upon, or at which the action is directed.
  • Note that in the examples above, we find either a noun or a pronoun that is a subject (italicized) attached to a verb phrase (also italicized).

• Subject-Verb Agreement

  • Subject-verb agreement can become a little more complicated when the subject is very long and complex.
  • When a positive subject and a negative subject are compounded and have different numbers, the verb should agree with the positive subject.
  • Five indefinite pronouns always take plural verbs: others, both, many, few, and several.
  • Some indefinite pronouns can take a singular or plural verb based on whether the noun to which they are referring is uncountable (singular) or countable (plural).
  • [The subject bags is a plural noun, so the verb were is also plural to agree with the subject.]

• Gender-Neutral Language

  • Gender-neutral language is neither masculine nor feminine and avoids using gender specific pronouns such as "he" or "she." 
  • In essence, the use of masculine pronouns when referring to subjects of mixed or indeterminate gender is frowned upon in academic writing.
  • Using gender-neutral pronouns avoids presumptions of male superiority.
  • When referring to people in general, use plural pronouns "s/he" or "he or she" instead of gender-linked pronouns.
  • When a singular pronoun is needed, use the "singular they" with a singular antecedent.

• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

  • [The pronoun she refers to the antecedent Carolina.]
  • [The pronoun he refers to the antecedent Jim.]
  • [The pronoun their refers to the antecedent twins.]
  • The pronoun he refers to the antecedent Scott.]
  • [The pronoun he refers to the antecedent Franklin.]

• Using the First Person in Academic Writing

  • Avoiding the use of first person pronouns in your paper can improve its persuasive power by changing how it is perceived by a reader.
  • While paragraph does employ the first-person plural pronoun "we," it does so to invite the reader into the wider scholastic conversation it means to address.
  • Therefore, using subjective language is redundant and distracts from your argument and conclusion.
  • Avoiding subjective language does not mean you have escaped your subjective position, only that you are trying to demonstrate to readers how to get to the particularity of that position through a series of claims.
  • Identify two reasons why it is important to avoid using first person pronouns in academic papers

• Introduction to Inflection

  • ., so it can be used as a direct object instead of a subject).
  • Similarly, if you’re changing the pronoun “I” to “me,” or “she” to “her,” the person you’re referring to isn’t changing, but the word you use does, because of context.

• Adjectives

  • Adjectives describe, quantify, or identify pronouns and nouns.
  • add detail about the qualities of the noun or pronoun being described.
  • specify the amount of whatever noun or pronoun you are modifying.
  • Sometimes, pronouns can be used as adjectives.
  • In addition to demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns like "his" or "their" can also identify specific objects within a set.