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In the sentence Maria swims, the subject Maria is replaced
with the pronoun she. The new sentence is She swims. This
example illustrates how the selection of an appropriate pronoun
to replace a noun depends on knowing the noun’s person (third
person, because Maria is being spoken about), number (singular,
because there is only one Maria), and gender (feminine, because
Maria is a girl). She is the feminine third-person singular
pronoun that stands for Maria.

Apply the same analysis in the next example, where the subject
is a thing.

In the next section, the sentences become longer and include
an object.

3.14 Subject and Object Pronouns Together

Verbs play a central role in a sentence. The subject connects to
the verb. When extending the sentence to include an object, it is
the verb that makes it possible. The following section, therefore,
discusses subject pronouns and object pronouns together.

Adirect object pronoun receives the action

of the verb. The verb in this type of sentence

is called an action verb.

Example with a thing as the subject of the sentence:

The pool opens.

Performer/Actor

pool

(Singular Neuter Noun)

it

(Third-Person Singular

Neuter Pronoun)

Subject

Pronouns

MasculineFeminineNeuter

New sentence: Itopens.

Singular^1 I you^23 he she it