Using Pronouns Correctly

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Using PronounsCorrectly
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Case

• Case is the form that a noun or pronoun takes to
  show its relationship to other words in a
  sentence.

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Nominative Case

• normal form for nouns
• Pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• Use
• Subject of a verb
• I solved the problem
• Predicate nominative
• The winner might be he.

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Objective Case

• normal form for nouns
• Pronouns me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
• Use
• As direct or indirect objects or objects of
  prepositions
• Coach has been training us.
• Serena paid him a compliment.
• He gave it to them.

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Possessive case

• normal form plus s for most nouns
• Pronouns my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers,
  its, our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs
• Use
• To show ownership
• That is mine.
• Yours is over there.
• Its key is where its well hidden.

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Who vs.Whom(whoever vs. whomever)

• Who nominative (the subject or the predicate
  nominative)
• Whom objective (the object of a preposition,
  direct object, or indirect object)
• Rick is the only student who earned a perfect
  score.
• Shes the girl about whom we are speaking
• To whom did you give the award?

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Appositives

• A pronoun used as an appositive should be the
  same case as the word to which it refers
• You already mentioned the winners, her and me.
• It should be the best people, he and she, who get
  the award.

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Reflexive/intensive

• Reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of a verb
• I made myself a sandwich.
• They serve themselves.
• Intensive pronoun emphasizes the antecedent
• Dont you think we can do it ourselves?
• Only you yourself can make that decision.

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Incomplete constructions

• A pronoun following than or as in an incomplete
  construction should be the same case as it would
  be if the construction were completed.
• I know Mac better than he knows Mac.
• I know Mac better than I know him.
• Do you visit as often as we visit her?
• Do you visit as often as you visit us?

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Compounds

• Trick if you have a compound pronoun or noun,
  take out the extra to see what sounds right
• She talked Jerry and me into going.
• Uma and I are going.
• He gave it to Eduardo and her.

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Try it

• Chapter 6 ex.8,9,10 Rev. A, B, C, D, G, H