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Pronouns Cases of Personal Pronouns Case/exam. Use Example Condition Nominative Subject We ate the pear. (subject case) I, we, you, he, she, it, they Predicate pronoun Your friend is I. Usually before the verb “be” verb linking the subject to predicate Objective Direct object Jim saw me. Show ownership Is this pen yours? Use the form ending in Is this your pen? “s” when the object that is owned does not follow the pronoun Is this pen his? (“his” & “its” are exceptions) Is this his pen? Possessive pronouns never me, us, you, him, her, it, them Possessive my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs Takes the action of Arrows point to DO verb Indirect object Al gave me a bat. to whom or for whom Arrows point to DO the action is done Al gave the bat to ends a prepositional Object of a me. phrase preposition use apostrophes. Who or Whom • Who is nominative. • Who is used as the subject of a question or the subject of a subordinate clause (dependent clause). • Whom is objective. • Whom is used as a direct object, and indirect object, or the object of a preposition. Who Subject of question Subject of a subordinate clause Who understands pronouns? I admire a student who studies pronouns. Whom Hint: it often helps to rewrite the sentence or the clause Direct object Indirect object Object of preposition Whom did he see in the game? He did see whom in the game. Whom did he give the ball? He did give whom the ball. From whom did he get the ball? He did get the ball from whom. I know the person whom he met at the game. He met whom at the game. Janet thanked her aunt, from whom she had received a ball. She had received a ball from whom. Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or things often without specifying which ones Includes: Singular ones body thing another anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything little someone much something neither nobody no one nothing one other somebody Plural Singular or Plural both few many others several all any more most none some Subject/verb agreement w/ indefinite pronouns as subjects • Pronouns that are always singular will always take a singular or “s” verb. – One of the submarines is equipped with radar. – Everybody on the submarine was frightened by thoughts of the attack. – Neither of the strategies seems workable. Ignore the prepositional phrases Subject/verb agreement w/ indefinite pronouns as subjects • Pronouns that are always plural will always take a plural or “base” verb. – Many of the soldiers fight on the war’s front lines. – Others work to supply them with food and ammunition. – Several contribute as code breakers. Ignore the prepositional phrases Subject/verb agreement w/ indefinite pronouns as subjects • When using pronouns that can be either singular or plural you must examine the context of the sentence – Most of the war has been fought. – Most of the battles have been fought. Pay attention to the prepositional phrases Making personal pronouns and indefinite pronouns agree • Ignore the object of any prepositional phrases that might fall between the personal and indefinite pronoun. • Incorrect – Neither of the EMTs has completed their training. – Put each instrument in their place. • Correct – Neither of the EMTs has completed his or her training. – Put each instrument in its place. Making personal pronouns and indefinite pronouns agree for gender • If the gender is unknown, a writer may use he or she, or him or her. – Each of the crew members checked his or her equipment. • If the gender is unknown, a writer may rewrite the sentence to eliminate the gender issue. – All of the crew members checked their equipment. Agreement between pronouns and antecedents • Pronouns must agree in both person and number. • Number indicates singular or plural. • Person indicates whether a pronoun refers to… – the person speaking (first person) – The person spoken to (second person) – The person, place, or thing spoken about (third) Agreement between pronouns and antecedents • Avoid shifts in Person. • Incorrect: – Jim is practicing writing, a skill you need to master if you want to do well in school. • Correct: – Jim is practicing writing, a skill he needs to master if he wants to do well in school. • Singular antecedents joined by or or nor must have a singular pronoun. – Either Mary or Sue should bring her camera. – Pat and Mike brought their cameras.