This document discusses the difference between subjective and objective pronouns and provides examples of when to use "she" versus "her". Subjective pronouns like "she" serve as subjects, while objective pronouns like "her" serve as objects. Using the wrong case can result in ungrammatical sentences. An easy trick to determine the correct case is to temporarily remove other nouns in phrases and see which sounds right on its own. Using the proper pronoun case avoids sounding uneducated and improves one's grammar.

1. Pronouns: Subjective vs. Objective
When to Use “She” vs. “Her”

2. The Error
Confusing Subjective
Case Pronouns With
Objective Case
Pronouns

3. Subjective Case Pronouns
Subjective (or nominative) case
pronouns serve as subjects of
sentences or clauses
I, She, He, We…
I learned many valuable lessons from
Barney.
She ate the entire cake in one sitting.
He did not like when she hit him with a
banjo.
We should all avoid sitting on
porcupines.

4. Objective Case Pronouns
Objective (or oblique) case pronouns
act as objects of verbs or prepositions
Me, Her, Him, Us…
Joe attacked me with a snow-cone.
Monkey fur is not a good look on her.
The rambunctious rhinoceros charged at
him.
Annie told us there was a colonial
woman churning butter on the airplane’s
wing.

5. What happens
when the wrong
pronoun case is
used?

6. Holy Bad Grammar, Batman!
(Examples of the Error)
You and me should pickle beets more
often.
Her and Jack played freeze tag with
Bigfoot.
Addison and him decided to take up
shark riding.
Us boys know a good tuba player
when we hear one.

7. How to Prevent the Error
While memorizing the
lists and functions of
subjective and objective
pronouns is a way to
learn which case to use,
there is an easier trick…

8. How to Prevent the Error
In compound subjects or phrases, where
there are two pronouns or a noun and a
pronoun, drop the other noun for a
moment.
Marvin and her performed a play for the tribe of
anteaters.
 Remove the other noun and check…
Her performed a play for the tribe of anteaters.
Does is it sound wrong? Yes. So is it wrong? Yes!
Correction: She and Marvin performed a play for
the tribe of anteaters.

9. You wouldn’t say these,
would you?
Me should pickle beets more often.
Her played freeze tag with Bigfoot.
Him decided to take up shark
riding.
Us know a good tuba player when
we hear one.

10. So what should you say?
You and I should pickle beets more
often.
She and Jack played freeze tag with
Bigfoot.
He and Addison decided to take up
shark riding.
We boys know a good tuba player
when we hear one.

11. Why is it
important
to use the
correct
pronoun cases?

12. To avoid sounding like a
Neanderthal
“Me and Jane like chasing dinosaurs.”
Becomes…
“Me like chasing dinosaurs.”

13. To avoid sounding like a
hillbilly
“Can you believe that Peggy Sue and her
tried milking a beaver?”
Becomes…
“Can you believe that
her tried milking a beaver?”

14. And that’s all her
wrote…
The
End