Why Use Pronouns Pronouns stand in for nouns
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Why Use Pronouns? Pronouns stand in for nouns, so you don’t have to repeat yourself. Restate the following sentence as if you were Kyley: Kyley broke the window when Kyley hit the baseball with Kyley’s bat. I broke the window when I hit the baseball with my bat.
Antecedents Antecendent = the noun that the pronoun stands in for In the following sentences, first identify the pronoun. Then identify the antecedent. This is the pen he used to write the note. The bat built its home in our attic. Was that the road we were supposed to take?
Common Pronoun Dilemmas. . . Singular or Plural? ? Singular pronouns only replace singular nouns l Kathy broke the vase. She was guilty! Plural pronouns only replace plural nouns l Mark and Kathy were playing ball in the house. They disobeyed the rules!
Common Pronoun Dilemmas. . . Subjective or Objective? Ø I or me? ? – when there are more than one person involved: I will always be the subject – doing the action. l Tom and I played chess last week. Me will always be the object – receiving the action. l Catherine let Tom and me play chess at her house. Check your answer by taking out the other person’s name and reading the sentence with just the pronoun to see if it’s correct! ALSO, who will always be the subject and whom will always be the object.
Common Pronoun Dilemmas. . . Subjective or Objective? (cont. ) Ø Subjective (Nominative) Case – these pronouns are used as subjects in a sentence. Also use these in the predicate if the pronoun follows a linking verb. • I, you, he, she, it, we, they Objective Case – these pronouns are used as objects in a sentence (usually found after the verb, such as a direct object, or as an object of the preposition, etc. ) The What wrong the correct is: with choice this for blank? “He” • answer Why isis the correct choice me, you, him, choice: her, sentence? it, “he”? us, them him!" AA "She clown is so was much he. (he/him). taller than Mother said he!"(is)!" he Mother said with Why? with surprise. Clue: What Because kindthe of verb is “was” it? is a linking verb. surprise. Ø
