2. Anouncan be a person, place, or thing 3. Anouncan also be the
subject of a clause, whether independent or dependent 4. Anouncan
also be the object of a verb in a clause
5. Pronouns!
Nounsonly change form when in thepossessive case (which we will
discuss in a few minutes)... 6. Bethany's eyes 7. Alice's fur coat
8. Apronounis a word that substitutes for a noun. 9. Pronounshave
three cases:subject ,object , andpossessive .
10. Pronouns!
What is case?Caseis the form anounorpronountakes to indicate
its function in a sentence 11. Three cases above 12.
Pronounchart
13. Subject Case!
Pronounstake on the subject case in the following situations:
14. As a subject of a verb : She bought a new water bottle. 15. As
a subject complement : It was she who took me to Long Beach
Island.
16. Object Case!
Pronounstake on the object case in the following situations:
17. As adirect object(nouns affected by subject/verb): Our
department head told Alexis and me to come to the meeting. 18. As
anindirect object(tells you who the action is happening to): The
tuition bill surprised him.
19. Possessive Case!
Possessive caseindicates ownership of something: your car, your
book, our wedding 20. Bethany's advisor approved her trip to our
campus.
21. Time Out!
Pause. 22. Take a breath! 23. Questions?!
24. Who v Whom
In general, usewhowhen talking about a person as a subject. 25.
Who donated the books? 26. In general, usewhomwhen a pronoun
functions as an object. 27. I wonder whom jazz musician Miles Davis
influenced (whom=object...Miles Davis is subject...influenced is
the verb).
28. We v Us
Useweif thepronounis a subject. 29. We women must stick
together. 30. Useusif thepronounmust be in object case. 31.
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32. Which v That!
Thatusually refers to an object, not a person. Use who if
referring to a person. 33. Arthur Miller,whowroteThe Crucible ,
also wroteAll My Sons . 34. Also, usethatwhen using arestrictive
clausethat would change the meaning of the sentence without it. 35.
Books that big can't fit into my bag. 36. The librarians at
Monmouth that have hybrid cars get better gas mileage.
37. Time Out!
Pause. 38. Take a breath! 39. Questions?!
40. Finally...
Grammar checkers have a hard time with pronoun usage because
they can't infer what words, if any, are being referred to in the
sentence. 41. Make sure pronoun references are clear. 42. After
Rooney intercepted the ball, he passed it as hard as he could
towards the net. ( heanditrefer to Rooney and ball)