SUBJECT PRONOUN

 

SUBJECT PRONOUN

A subject pronoun is used in the subject of a sentence. A subject pronoun indicates who or what the sentence is about.

To understand where to use a subject pronoun, remember that the two parts of a sentence are the subject and predicate. The subject is what or whom the sentence is about. The predicate gives information about the subject. In each of these sentences, 'Bob' is the subject. All the words after 'Bob' are the predicate.

• Bob runs.
• Bob runs in the morning.
• Bob runs on the beach in the morning.

Since 'Bob' is the subject, a subject pronoun can be used in place of the specific name 'Bob.' Like the proper noun 'Bob,' the subject pronoun will come before the verb. Which pronoun should be used to replace 'Bob'?

These are the subject pronouns:

Person	Singular	Plural
First Person	I	we
Second Person	you	you
Third Person	he she it	they

To determine which subject pronoun to use, note that the sentences about Bob are not about the speaker (first person) or the reader or listener (second person). They are about another person (third person). Bob is one person, a man. So 'he' is the correct subject pronoun to use.

• He runs.
• He runs in the morning.

He runs on the beach in the morning.

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

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