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Pronoun Usage 4
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Pronouns in comparisons
• Sometimes a comparison is made by using a clause that begins with than or as.
• Examples• Fred is better at chess than George is.• You have as many A’s as he has.• Marie likes me more than she likes you.
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Comparisons
• Sometimes the final clause in the comparison is left incomplete making the pronoun choice more difficult.
• Fred is better at chess than George (is).• You have as many A’s as he (has).
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• To decide which pronoun form to use in an incomplete comparison – you need to complete the comparison.
• Hannah plays the trumpet better than (I, me).• Max wrote a better composition than (I, me).• We can sing as well as (they, them).
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Pronoun with infinitives
• The objective form of the pronoun is used when you have an infinitive phrase (remember what infinitives are?? - to run, to jump, to throw)
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• The officer told me to stop. ( me is the subject of to stop).
• The official asked them to observe the rules. (them is the subject of to observe.
• They took him to be me. (him is the subject of to be and me is the predicate pronoun following to be.
• Reporters were at the airport to question her. (her is the object of to question).
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Possessive case with gerunds
• The possessive form of the pronoun is used when the pronoun immediately precedes a gerund.
• His running has improved since the last track meet.
• We dislike their playing the radio at midnight.
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Pronoun as an appositive
• The form of a pronoun used as an appositive is determined by the use of the noun to which it is apposition.
• The delegates, Tony and I, want your support.– Tony and I are the apposition for delegates, which
is the subject. Therefore you use the nominative form.
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• For the producers, Margo and him, the show was a hit.– Margo and him are the appositive for producers,
which is in a prepositional phrase. That makes it the objective form.
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Pronoun & antecedent
• A pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number, gender and person
• Example – Each of the boys brought his sleeping bag.
• Singular
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Indefinite pronouns all, some, any, and none can be either singular or plural depending upon meaning in the sentence
Example – All of the furniture was in its original condition.
All of the students were taking their last test.
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