Object Pronouns

An object pronoun can be the object of a verb (direct or indirect) or preposition.Ex. Abraham Lincoln was president during the civil war. The nation elected him in 1860.

Lincoln liked to entertain people, and he often told them amusing stories.

“Without malice toward none, with charity for all” was written by him.

Object Pronouns

me herus ityou themhim

Object Pronouns Common Errors:

Sometimes the wrong pronoun is used when it is part of a compound object. Which of the following is incorrect?

The Gettysburg Address was memorized by Kristi and I.

The Gettysburg Address was memorized by Kristi and me.

Object Pronouns The second sentence had the error.

The pronoun is I, not me.

The pronoun is part of a compound object, therefore it should be I.

Look at it this way: if you can turn the compound object into a compound subject, then the pronoun is I, not me.