Lesson 4 -  Prepositional Rules and Pronouns
1.  A noun or pronoun follow a preposition.

       Noun - is a person, place or thing.
       Pronoun - takes the place of a noun.

2.  A preposition links a noun or a pronoun with some other word in the sentence.

3.  The noun or pronoun that the preposition link to some other work in the sentence is called the preposition's "object" (or the object of the preposition).

4.  The preposition shows the relationship between the object (noun or pronoun) and the other word. 

The pronouns that are used in prepositional phrases are ALWAYS from the OBJECTIVE CASE.

Memorize the objective case pronouns below:

                                                    OBJECTIVE CASE PRONOUNS
                                                    Singular                     Plural (more than one)
                         1st Person             me                             us
                         2nd Person           you                             you
                         3rd Person            him, her, it                 them

You can help yourself remember the objective case by putting any preposition in front of the pronoun.  Make up a sentence that answers WHERE.  ("Where is the hat?")

                         The hat is on me.                                  The hat is on us.
                         The hat is on you                                  The hat is on you. (plural)
                         The hat is on him, her, it.                       The hat is on them.

In a prepositional phrase, the pronoun takes the place of the noun.  Look at the difference between the following two sentences:

                         She gave the car (to her brother).
                                                    |             |
                                               preposition   |
                                                                  |
                                                               noun

Replace the noun in the prepositional phrase with a pronoun:

                         She gave the car (to her him).
                                                    |            |
                                               preposition  |
                                                                 |
                                                            pronoun from the objective case

NOTE: Just as you ONLY use the objective case inside of prepositional phrases, you NEVER use the objective case pronouns to replace nouns in any other part of the sentence.
 

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