1. The Everyday Writer Andrea A. Lunsford

2.  Pronouns acting as subjects are in the subjective case; those acting as objects are in the objective case; those acting as possessives are in the possessive case. She was passionate about recycling. The boss surprised her with a big raise. The sound of his voice came right through the walls.

3.  In questions, answer the question using a personal pronoun. If the answer is he, she, or they, use who; if it is him, her, or them, use whom. Who did you visit? I visited them. Whom do you think wrote the story? I think she wrote the story. Whom Who

4.  In dependent clauses, determine its purpose in the clause. *Trick—if you can put a person’s name in, use who; if not, use whom. Anyone can hypnotize someone whom wants to be hypnotized. John wants to be hypnotized. The minister smiled at whoever she greeted. John she greeted (???) who whomever

5.  Take the other words out to see what case it should be. The boss invited she and her family to dinner. The boss invited she to dinner???? her Come to the park with Ann and I. Come to the park with I????? me

6.  When an elliptical construction (words are understood and left out) ends in a pronoun, put the pronoun in the case it would be in normally. His sister has always been more athletic than he [is]. Willie likes Lily more than she [likes Willie].

7.  How would it sound without the noun? Us fans never give up hope. Us never gives up hope???? The Rangers depend on we fans. The Rangers depend on we??? We us

8.  Pronouns and antecedents (the words they replace) agree when they match up in person, number, and gender. The boys picked up their music. The audience fixed its attention on center stage. One of the ballerinas lost her balance. Some of the furniture was showing its age.

9.  Ambiguous antecedents  Vague use of it, this, that, and which The car went over the bridge just before it fell into the water. the bridge My mother forgot to wake me up, and I was late for class which made me mad. and being late

10.  Indefinite use of you, it, and they  Possessive antecedents Commercials try to make you buy without thinking. In Alexa’s formal complaint, she showed why the test was unfair. people her Alexa