PRONOUNS AND HOW TO USE THEM CORRECTLY
PRONOUNS PART 1 Nominative Objective Possesive
PRONOUN NOMINATIVE CASE SingularPlural First PersonIwe Second Personyouyou Third Personhe, she, itthey
NOMINATIVE PRONOUNS - SUBJECT I went on a trip. He came along. When the pronoun follows a “to be” verb, use the nominative form. It was she. It is I. This is she.
PRONOUN OBJECTIVE CASE SingularPlural First Personmeus Second Personyouyou Third Personhim, her, itthem
OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS The group found me after a long search. The stranger gave us a treasure map. I climbed the mountain with him.
OBJECTIVE TEST Substitute Ben and (I, me) explored the outback. I explored or me explored Erin went with Ben and (I or me). Erin went with I or Erin went with me.
PRONOUN POSSESIVE CASE SingularPlural First Personmy, mineour, ours Second Personyour, youryour, yours Third Personhis, her, hers, itstheir, theirs
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS VS. NOUN AND VERB Its – possessive It’s – It is Their – possessive They’re – They are
PRONOUNS PART 2 Who and Whom
WHO AND WHOM Nominativewho, whoever Objectivewhom, whomever
WHO AND WHOM Nominativewho, whoever If the pronoun is the subject or refers to the subject, use who
WHO AND WHOM Objectivewhom, whomever If the pronoun is the object or refers to the object, use whom
WHO OR WHOM IN A QUESTION Determine if the pronoun is the subject or object of the sentence. Subject – who Object - whom
PRONOUNS PART 3 Agreement with Antecedents
PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT Number – if the antecedent is singular, the pronoun is singular Joe bought the books and threw (it or them) under his bed. Gender – if the antecedent is masculine, the pronoun is masculine Joe bought the books because (he or she)needed them for class.
PRONOUNS PART 4 Indefinite Pronouns
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Always singular: anothereacheverything one anybodyeitherneither somebody anyoneeverybodynobody someone anythingeveryoneno one
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Always plural: bothfewmanyseveral
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Singular or plural: allmostnonesomeany