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Pronouns. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound. Megan and me love soda and her and me have soda regularly. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound. Megan and me love soda and her and me have soda regularly. Me love soda I love soda Her has soda She has soda Me has soda I have soda. Tip #1

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  1. Pronouns

  2. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound Megan and me love soda and her and me have soda regularly.

  3. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound Megan and me love soda and her and me have soda regularly. Me love soda I love soda Her has soda She has soda Me has soda I have soda

  4. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound Megan and me love soda and her and me have soda regularly. Me love soda I love soda Her has soda She has soda Me has soda I have soda Megan and I love soda and she and I have soda regularly.

  5. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound The package was for Karen and she.

  6. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound The package was for Karen and she. The package was for she The package was for her

  7. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound The package was for Karen and she. The package was for she The package was for her The package was for Karen and her.

  8. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound A TV program on dental health started making she and I rethink our habits.

  9. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound A TV program on dental health started making she and I rethink our habits. …started making she rethink …started making her rethink …started making I rethink …started making me rethink

  10. Tip #1 Eliminate the Compound A TV program on dental health started making she and I rethink our habits. …started making she rethink …started making her rethink …started making I rethink …started making me rethink A TV program on dental health started making her and me rethink our habits.

  11. Tip #2 Object pronoun in prepositional phrases about around between for of toward above before beyond from off under across behind but in on until after below by into over upon against beneath despite like past with among beside down near to

  12. Tip #2 Object pronoun in prepositional phrases Between you and I Between you and me To who it may concern To whom it may concern

  13. Tip #3 Subject pronoun in comparisons He is taller than me.

  14. Tip #3 Subject pronoun in comparisons He is taller than me. He is taller than me am. He is taller than I am.

  15. Tip #3 Subject pronoun in comparisons He is taller than me. He is taller than me am. He is taller than I am. He is taller than I.

  16. Tip #3 Subject pronoun in comparisons She is younger than us.

  17. Tip #2 Subject pronoun in comparisons She is younger than us. She is younger than us are She is younger than we are

  18. Tip #2 Subject pronoun in comparisons She is younger than us. She is younger than us are She is younger than we are She is younger than we.

  19. Tip #2 Subject pronoun in comparisons We work as hard as them.

  20. Tip #2 Subject pronoun in comparisons We work as hard as them. We work as hard as them do We work as hard as they do

  21. Tip #3 Subject pronoun in comparisons We work as hard as them. We work as hard as them do We work as hard as they do We work as hard as they.

  22. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following Verbs follow Who (subject pronoun) Pronouns follow Whom (object pronoun)

  23. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following I know someone ____ likes school cafeteria food.

  24. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following I know someone ____ likes school cafeteria food. Likes - a verb, it needs a subject

  25. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following I know someone ____ likes school cafeteria food. Likes - a verb, it needs a subject I know someone who likes school cafeteria food.

  26. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following What you know is not as important as ____ you know.

  27. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following What you know is not as important as ____ you know. You - a pronoun, needs an object pronoun

  28. Tip #4 Who / Whom - Look at the word following What you know is not as important as ____ you know. You - a pronoun, needs an object pronoun What you know is not as important as whom you know.

  29. Tip #5 Two antecedents take a plural pronoun Sonia and Dave say they will attend.

  30. Tip #5 Two antecedents take a plural pronoun Sonia and Dave say they will attend. Look for “and”

  31. Tip #6 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither Sam nor his friends lost ____ way.

  32. Tip #6 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither Sam nor his friends lost ____ way. Look at antecedent closest to pronoun Friends - plural, needs a plural pronoun

  33. Tip #6 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither Sam nor his friends lost ____ way. Look at antecedent closest to pronoun Friends - plural, needs a plural pronoun Neither Sam nor his friends lost their way.

  34. Tip #5 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither his friends nor Sam lost ____ way.

  35. Tip #5 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither his friends nor Sam lost ____ way. Look at antecedent closest to pronoun Sam - singular, needs a singular pronoun

  36. Tip #5 Alternative antecedents: or/nor Neither his friends nor Sam lost ____ way. Look at antecedent closest to pronoun Sam - singular, needs a singular pronoun Neither his friends nor Sam lost his way.

  37. Tip #7 Collective singular nouns - singular pronouns

  38. Tip #7 Collective singular nouns - singular pronouns The jury is doing ___ best to follow the judge’s directions.

  39. Tip #7 Collective singular nouns - singular pronouns The jury is doing ___ best to follow the judge’s directions. Jury - collective singular noun its - singular / their - plural

  40. Tip #7 Collective singular nouns - singular pronouns The jury is doing ___ best to follow the judge’s directions. Jury - collective singular noun its - singular / their - plural The jury is doing its best to follow the judge’s directions.

  41. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns

  42. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular prounouns Everybody practices ______ lines.

  43. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns Everybody practices ______ lines. Everybody - indefinite pronoun his or her - singular / their - plural

  44. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns Everybody practices ______ lines. Everybody - indefinite pronoun his or her - singular / their - plural Everybody practices his or her lines.

  45. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns Each child and adult was ______ own authority.

  46. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns Each child and adult was ______ own authority. Each - indefinite pronoun his or her - singular / their - plural

  47. Tip #8 Indefinite pronouns - Singular pronouns Each child and adult was ______ own authority. Each - indefinite pronoun his or her - singular / their - plural Each child and adult was his or her own authority.

  48. 1.Choose the correct pronoun to complete this sentence. The company laid off all of __________ employees. A) them B) their’s C) their D) none of the above

  49. 1.Choose the correct pronoun to complete this sentence. The company laid off all of __________ employees. A) them B) their’s C) their D) none of the above; the correct answer is its.

  50. 2. Choose the correct pronoun to complete this sentence. The twins decided to wear _______ new shoes out of the store. A) his B) their C) their’s D) none of the above

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