What is a Nominative Case Pronoun?
Nominative case pronouns are pronouns that are only used as subjects or as predicate pronouns.
Examples of Nominative Case Pronouns
Some examples of nominative case pronouns would be the following:
I love jazz music.
She is performing in the talent show.
They are meeting us at the restaurant.
The host of the premiere is he.
Why You Should Use Nominative Case Pronouns in Your Writing
Just like all pronouns, nominative case pronouns should be used to avoid repetition and redundancy. Notice anything repetitive in the following sentence?
After Shane ate breakfast, Shane went to the store because Shane didn’t have any bacon.
Pretty repetitive, right? Now, take a look at this one:
After he ate breakfast, Shane went to the store because he didn’t have any bacon.
There’s a much better flow to the writing, and the word “Shane” is only used once. We used the nominative case pronoun “he” to avoid any repetition or redundancy.
Keep in mind that these are nominative case pronouns (as opposed to objective case pronouns or possessive case pronouns). Nominative case pronouns can only be used as the subject of a clause or as predicate pronouns (a type of subject complement). Click on the links above if you need a reminder of the other pronoun types.
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