objective form of they: [help them; give them the books]
Origin of them
Middle English theim from ON, dative of the demonstrative pronoun : see they pronoun
Them is defined as they.
An example of them used as a pronoun is in the sentence, "Bobby, Midge, Richard and Dorothy want some soup, so please give it to them," which means please give some soup to Bobby, Midge, Richard and Dorothy.
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pron.
The objective case of they- Used as the direct object of a verb: We saw them at the conference.
- Used as the indirect object of a verb: We gave them a round of applause.
- Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to them.
- Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's them. See Usage Note at be. See Usage Note at I 1.
- Nonstandard They: “Them's the kind I like” ( American Dialect Dictionary )
- Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: They ought to get them a new place to live. me
adjective
NonstandardThose: “Them dogs will find the end of them footprints before ten o'clock” ( William Faulkner )
Origin of them
Middle English from Old Norse theim Old English thǣm ; see to- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Pronoun
(personal pronoun, objective case)
- Third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
- Give it to them. (after preposition)
- She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
- She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
- Third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate or irrelevant gender
- If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)
- If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)
Usage notes
- For notes on the usage referring to a person of unspecified gender, see the usage notes for they.
Determiner
- (dialectal) those
- Them kids need to grow up.
Origin
From Middle English, form Old Norse.
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