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Nominative /Objective GUM 127

Nominative /Objective GUM 127. Nominative case - can verb! add 8 pronouns Objective case – do,io,op add 8 pronouns. Tricky areas:. Predicate nominatives subjective pronouns on the other side of the predicate – linking verb) – links S to PN – SWITCH!!

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Nominative /Objective GUM 127

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  1. Nominative /Objective GUM 127 Nominative case - can verb! add 8 pronouns Objective case – do,io,op add 8 pronouns

  2. Tricky areas: • Predicate nominatives • subjective pronouns on the other side of the predicate – linking verb) – • links S to PN – SWITCH!! Ex. This is she. She is this. The winners are we. We are the winners. • Use objective pronouns after prepositions Wrong: The musician stood between he and I Correct: The musician stood between him and me.

  3. Possessive Pronouns Tricky areas: • Gerunds verb acting as a noun takes possessive pronoun example: His playing has improved since last year. • It’s ONLY MEANS IT IS!! • Yours, theirs, ours etc. NEVER HAS APOSTROPHE WRONG: your’s, their’s, our’s

  4. Using who and whom GUM 133 • Who verbs • who found the door of the tomb • he did, Carter did, nominative pronoun did • Whom • DO Whom did you ask? You did ask whom. You did ask him. *try another objective pronoun • OP Whomare you speaking to? You are speaking to whom.

  5. Pronoun-antecedent GUM 137 • Antecedent and pronoun must agree in number and gender • Has every attendee brought his or her own lunch? • Tricky areas: • Collective nouns (see band examples) • “and” – use plural • Neither/nor – pronoun should agree with noun NEAREST to it

  6. Indefinite Pronouns GUM 139 • Do you have your list? • Singular, plural, or either? • MS MANA: go inside prep phrase • most, some, more, all, none, any • Ex. most (of the women) - plural • Ex. most (of the country) - singular

  7. Other pronoun problems GUM 142 • Than, as • Trick: finish the sentence • Ex. No one can make a speech as well as he. No one can make a speech as well as he can. • Appositives • Trick: cover the fluff

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