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- à 7.5èAgreement With Pronouns
- ä:èIn the sentences in the Example, underline the pronoun
- appropriately used as the object of the preposition.
- âS:ë I saw beneath Fred and he.
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- #êê Tom was above Sarah and ╕them╗.
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- êê Give the stump to Marie and I.
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- #êê Paul had to choose between Al, ╕her╗, and ╕us╗.
- éS
- ëPronoun objects of the preposition must be object case pronouns:
- #╖me, him, her, us, them╗.ïThe subject case pronouns ╖I, he, she, we, ╗
- #and╖ they╗ are never used as objects.ïSince ╖you╗ and ╖it╗ do not
- change their form in either the subject or object case, they are not
- a problem.ïAlthough many country music lyrics include expressions
- #like ╖between you and I╗ (mostly for the sake of rhyme), note that ╖I╗,
- a subject case pronoun, is not the appropriate pronoun to use as an
- object of a preposition in conventional writing.ïYou should substi-
- #tute the object case pronoun ╖me╗.
- 1.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- pronoun as the object of a preposition?
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- A)ïBelow Sarah and he are fifty snakes.
- B)ïI live next to Traci and they.
- C)ïBesides Lee and us, who else knows about the loot?
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn the prepositional phrase ╢besides Lee and us, us╗, an object
- case pronoun, is used correctly.ïIn the other prepositional phrases
- #╖below Sarah and He╗, and ╖next to Traci and they╗, both ╖he╗ and ╖they╗
- are subject case pronouns.ïTherefore they can not function as objects.
- #╖Him╗ should replace ╖he╗, and ╖them╗ should replace ╖they╗.
- Ç C
- 2.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- pronoun as the object of a preposition?
-
- A)ïSituated between James and her was a box of worms.
- B)ïAbove Jules, Jim and I was a caterpillar.
- C)ïMake way for crazy Jane, the bishop, and we!
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn the prepositional phrase ╢between James and her, her╗, an object
- case pronoun, is correctly used.ïIn the other prepositional phrases
- #╖above Jules, Jim and I╗ and ╖for crazy Jane, the bishop, and we╗, both
- #╖I╖╖╗ and ╖we╗ are incorrect choices because they are subject case pro-
- #nouns.ï╖Me╗ should replace ╖I╗, and ╖us╗ should replace ╖we╗.
- Ç A
- 3.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- pronoun as the object of a preposition?
-
- A)ïOn top of Frank and she were butterflies.
- B)ïI frowned at Pauline and he.
- C)ïBring the bags to Stephanie and me.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn the prepositional phrase ╢to Stephanie and me, me╗ an object
- case pronoun, is used correctly.ïIn the other prepositional phrases,
- #╖on top of Frank and she╗, and ╖at Pauline and he╗, both ╖he╗ and╖ she╗
- #are incorrect choices because they are subject case pronouns.ï╖Her
- #should replace ╖she╗, and ╖him╗ should replace ╖he╗.
- Ç C
- 4.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- pronoun as the object of a preposition?
-
- A)ïBetween you and I, Sylvia is not worthy to be boss.
- B)ïSoaring above Hank and they, I grinned.
- C)ïHuddled among the converts and we were some of the unfaithful.
- D)ïå
- ü å of ç sentences contain object case pronouns that func-
- #tion as objects of prepositions.ïIn the prepositional phrases ╖╗╗╖be-
- #╖tween you and I, above Hank and they,╗ and ╖among the converts and
- #╖we, I, the pronouns they╗ and╖ we╗ are incorrectly used because they
- #are subject pronouns.ï╖Me╗ should replace ╖I, them╗ should replace
- #╖they╗, and ╖us ╗should replace ╖we╗.
- Ç D
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