Objective (grammar)

An objective pronoun functions as the target of a verb, as distinguished from a subjective pronoun, which is the initiator of a verb. Objective pronouns are instances of the oblique case.

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Pronoun - Verb - Subjective pronoun - Oblique case

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In English, many pronouns are different from their corresponding subjective pronouns: I/me, we/us, he/him, she/her, who/whom, and they/them.

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English - Subjective pronouns - Whom

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English once had an extensive declension system that specified distinct pronouns for accusative and dative cases. This collapsed into a single pronoun for both accusative and dative cases, now called the objective pronoun. See declension in English.

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Declension - Accusative - Dative - Declension in English

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