Determiners followed by an object pronoun

[A Brazilian and a monkey]

Hello, people.
As I recall, grammar teaches us that object pronouns always receive the action of a noun/pronoun.

It turns out that some determiners (Either/neither/both/each/etc..) can be followed by OF + obj pronoun.

My question is: Are these object pronouns 'hybrid'? That is, can they act as both subject and object?

 

[teechar]

Can you give us a sentence or two to illustrate your point please?

 

[A Brazilian and a monkey]

Sure, Dear Teechar!

It could be the solution for both of them.
Live it for both of us

Each of them is aware, don't worry.

Either of us could solve this problem.

Thank you a lot )

 

[teechar]

Each of them is aware of it. Don't worry.

See the correct punctuation. I added "of it" to make the sentence more natural.

Either of us could solve this problem.

In such sentences, it is the determiner (either, each), and not the pronoun (them, us), that is acting as the subject. Look at the head of such phrases.

 

[A Brazilian and a monkey]

Thanks for the corrections!

I didn't know that determines could be the subject of a sentence. It sounds a little confusing to me. xD

So I must assume that every time I find a determiner + OF + object pronoun, it is the pronoun in question receiving the action of the determiner, correct?

I apologize if it sounds a little confusing. Thanks in advance for your patience!

 

[teechar]

I didn't know that determines could be the subject of a sentence.

Of course they can!
This is very common in English.

So I must assume that every time I find a determiner + OF + object pronoun, it is the pronoun in question receiving the action of the determiner, correct?

I don't think you phrased that correctly. Am I right?

 

[A Brazilian and a monkey]

hahaha you are correct.
At the moment I couldn't find any better way to express it, ahaha.

Anyway:

Even if the pronoun is preceded by a determiner and in the object case can it be part of the subject?

 

[teechar]

I don't understand what you mean.

 

[jutfrank]

either of us
either of we

both of them
both of they

After of, use an object pronoun, not a subject pronoun.

This is very common in English.

Here, This is a demonstrative pronoun.

 

[Glizdka]

Are both "We both agree" and "Both of us agree" correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

If they're followed by "with [name of someone else]" or "with [idea etc]", yes. If you simply mean "We agree with each other" you need just two words - "We agree".