Pronoun Case

Pronoun Case : 

Pronoun Case Les Hanson 2002

Pronoun Case : 

Pronoun Case Case tells whether a pronoun shows possession or acts as subject or object in the sentence Writers use the following four terms Nominative Objective Possessive

Nominative : 

Nominative Use the nominative case when the pronoun is either the subject or the complement of the sentence (The doer of the action) She gave her goldfish to the boy next door. It was he who called me a bad name. I, you, he, she, we, they, who

Use the Nominative Case : 

Use the Nominative Case At the beginning of sentences I/me hate grammar After any form of the verb “to be” (is, was, will be) The one who ate the most pizza is he/him. When referring to the subject of an implied clause following “as” or “than” My brother is more agile than I /me (am).

Objective : 

Objective Use the objective case when the pronoun is an object of the sentence (the receiver of the action) Arnold sent flowers to her. (Object of Preposition) Betty phoned him tonight. (Object of Verb) Alex hates Garth more than (he hates) me. (Object in an implied clause) Me, you, him, her, us, them, whom

Use the Objective Case : 

Use the Objective Case After action verbs Arnold bought (her, she) a new toaster After prepositions (joining words) Several of (us, we) girls are going to Cancun for our holidays in March

Possessive : 

Possessive Use possessive case pronouns to show ownership Possessive case pronouns do not use an apostrophe Example: The goldfish was ours, but Sam gave it to his cat. Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

Use the Possessive Case : 

Use the Possessive Case With words that modify gerunds (a gerund is an ing word that functions as a noun) I knew that (his / him / he) smoking in the toilet would make the flight attendants angry. The chances of our / we / us winning the World Cup are not very good

Rules of Thumb : 

Rules of Thumb Don’t automatically use the word “I” at the end of sentences John spread the virus to Martha and I John spread the virus to Martha and me Reduce sentences to their simplest forms Rod and (I / me) ate three pizzas (I / me) ate three pizzas (delete the words “Rod and”) I / me ate three pizzas Rod and I ate three pizzas (replace the words “Rod and”)