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Writing Pronoun A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. It refers to a person, place, thing, feeling, or quality but does not refer to it by its name. Antecedent An antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers, understood by the context. A pronoun must agree in Gender and Number with its antecedent. A pronoun must also maintain the same part of speech as its antecedent. First Singular First Plural Second Third Singular Third Plural No Number Nominative I we you he/she/it they who Possessive my, mine our, ours your his/hers/its their/theirs whose Objective me us you him/her/it them whom Reflexive myself ourselves yourselves himself/herself/itself themselves Some personal pronouns are often referred to by other pronouns. When this happens, the pronouns must agree in number and gender. Singular each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody. Plural May be Singular or Plural several, few, both, all, most, any, many none Example: • Each student took out his or her book. • Several students took out their books. • All students took out his or her book. • All students took out their books. Use the Nominative case when: 1. 2. the Pronoun is doing the action of the sentence (is the subject). • She was right. a. the Pronoun is contained within an appositive serving as the subject. • Two boys, Peter and he, were called upon. the Pronoun is the predicate normative. (Comes after a linking verb such as ‘to be.’) • It was she who called. Use the Objective case when: 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. the Pronoun is the direct object. (That which the action is done to.) • Dad took Richard and me to the game. the Pronoun is the indirect object. (That which the action is done for.) • The teacher read a story (to) us. the Pronoun is the object of a preposition. (Is linked to a preposition.) • Between you and me, I don’t like this coat. • Dad left a dollar for Louise and me. the Pronoun is part of the appositive which makes up the object. • The teacher called upon two girls, Joan and me. the Pronoun is the subject of an infinitive. • I know him to be guilty. Use the Possessive case: 8. 9. the Pronoun comes before a noun belonging to someone or something. • These are his books. the Pronoun comes before a gerund (a verb posing as a noun). • Mother didn’t like my being out late. Who v. Whom Whom is not simply a fancy form of who. Who is the nominative case. –use who when you would use the other nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, they, etc…). Who was with you? He was with me. Whom is the objective case. –use whom when you would use the other objective, “m,” pronouns (me, him, her, them, etc…). Whom does he want? He wants him.