Difference Between They and Them - a question from Anis Nabihah

They and them are two words in the English language that are used with certain differences between them. ‘They’ is the plural form of the third person singular pronouns ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’.

‘Them’ on the other hand is the accusative case form of ‘they’. It is also used in the plural number. Look at these sentences.

1. He looked at them in the hospital

2. The elephant tramped them.

In the first sentence the word ‘them’ is used as a kind of personal pronoun with the association of an intransitive verb called ‘looked’. On the other hand in the second sentence the word ‘them’ is used as a kind of personal pronoun with the association of a transitive verb called ‘tramped’. This is the difference between the two sentences given above.

‘They’ on the other hand is used as a personal pronoun in the nominative case. Look at these sentences.

1. They went to the airport in a bus.

2. They ate their lunch in the hotel.

In the first sentence you can find that the word ‘they’ is used as personal pronoun in the nominative case with an intransitive verb called ‘went’. On the other hand in the second sentence, the word ‘they’ is used as a personal pronoun in the nominative case with the transitive verb called ‘ate’.

One of the primary differences between the two words ‘they’ and ‘them’ is that ‘they’ is used as a subject in a sentence whereas ‘them’ is used as an object in a sentence. This is because of the fact that nominative case deals with subject whereas accusative case deals with object.

‘They’ is a pronoun used to refer to all living beings including animals and birds. In the same way ‘them’ is a word that also can be used to refer to all kinds of living beings. ‘They’ and ‘Them’ are also used in the case of non-living things like books and any other object for that matter. Occasionally we used ‘these’ as a kind of substitution for ‘they’ when non-living things are referred to as in the sentence ‘These were bought by me last week’.

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8 Tips To Remember What You Read

My dear lovely children, 
You might complain from time to time that you can't remember what you have read. And yes, that is of course, depressing . I don't like it either, believe me. 


Despite tele­vi­sion, cell phones, and Web “twit­ter,” tra­di­tional read­ing is still an impor­tant skill. Whether it is school text­books, tech man­u­als at work, or reg­u­lar books, peo­ple still read, though not as much as they used to. One rea­son that many peo­ple don’t read much is that they don’t read well. For them, it is slow, hard work and they don’t remem­ber as much as they should. You as stu­dents, for example,may have to read some­thing sev­eral times before you under­stand and remem­ber what you have read.

So, as your teacher, I am saying this ; it is not too late. I sum­ma­rize below what I think it takes to read with good speed and comprehension.

1. Read with a pur­pose 

                - know what you are reading about.

2. Skim first.

                - go through once to get main ideas.

3. Get the read­ing mechan­ics right.

                 - the way you sit when you are reading is important. Suitable surrounding , for example ,light etc should play
                    inportant role too

4. Be judi­cious in high­light­ing and note tak­ing.

                - keep taking notes while reading, use a highlighter pen with attractive colours you like .

5. Think in pic­tures.

                 - try figure them out in pictures / story lines.

6. Rehearse as you go along.
7. Stay within your atten­tion span and work to increase that span.
8. Rehearse again soon.