Lesson K Main?

Lesson K - Grammar Music


We came all this way just using subjects (S) and verbs (V). Now we are going to add Objects. Objects are fun. You can do things to objects. You throw objects. You kiss objects. You laugh at Objects. You shout at Objects.

When a noun or a pronoun is an object, something is being done to it.  Ann likes men.
That is Ann (S) likes (V1) men (O).  Here's how that looks in a diagram:



It's not always that simple, because we add words to the Object. But the Object is still there.
Ann (S) likes (V1) old men (O) with money.



Now, it's pretty simple with nouns. They stay the same whether they are a Subject (S) or an Object (O). Ann is a noun. And men is a noun...Pronouns are different. You know pronouns change when they are possessive. Well...they also change when they are Objects. So lets go back and say:
Ann knows John.    OK? Now, let's put a pronoun in the the place of Ann.
She knows John.  (You knew that. We made the noun Ann into the pronoun She.)
John knows Ann. (You guessed that)
He knows Ann.    (Again, we just make the noun John into a pronoun He...simple.)

But now...if we change the Object to a pronoun, we have different forms.
Ann loves him.
John loves her.
We love them both.

Yes...you have completely new set of pronouns when they are Objects. (Except for you and it. They stay the same.) Let's look at all of those together.
 
1. These pronouns are Objects in a sentence.

I know Ann.                  

     Ann knows me.

You know Ann.           

     Ann knows you.

He knows Ann.            

     Ann knows him.

She knows Ann.          

    Ann knows her.

It knows Ann.              

    Ann knows it.

We know Ann.              

   Ann knows us.

You know Ann.           

   Ann knows you. 

They know Ann.           
   Ann knows them.

 So, Mary loves George.
he  hers  him mine 
She loves_____.