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Pronoun Agreement and You. Personal Pronoun Chart. Remember this?. Are the Pronouns Interchangeable?. Can you substitute I for me ? Can you substitute him for he ? Can you substitute we for us ?. Examples. I / Me am going to the store. Please give that to us / we.
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Personal Pronoun Chart • Remember this?
Are the Pronouns Interchangeable? • Can you substitute I for me? • Can you substitute him for he? • Can you substitute we for us?
Examples • I / Me am going to the store. • Please give that to us / we. • I am walking over toward he / him. • Are these pronoun choices random?
Survey Says……NO! • Pronouns are not interchangeable or random • There ARE rules for their usage. • Let’s discuss….
Subject Pronouns • Serve as the SUBJECT of a sentence or clause • I, we, you, he, she, it, they • Object Pronouns • Serve as the OBJECT of sentences or prepositions • Object – words that complete the meaning of a verb or preposition • Me, us, you, him, her, it, them
Examples of SUBJECT Pronouns • _______ apologize. (first person singular) • _______ forgives. (third person singular) • _______ hurt the team. (third person plural) • _______ must do your homework. (second person plural) • _______ are from Italy. (first person plural)
Examples of OBJECT Pronouns • He likes _______. (first person singular) • She likes _______. (third person singular – feminine) • He ordered taffeta rompers for _______. (first person plural) • They hustled _______. (first person singular)
More OBJECTS • Get that trashy trinket to _______. (third person singular) • Give a morsel of hope to ______. (third person plural) • They want to go to the aquarium with _______.(first person plural) • He wished ______ to tuck him in first. (third person singular)
Compound Elements • When compound elements are joined with AND or OR, both pronouns are in the same case (subject or object). • My horse and I are on the way. (both are SUBJECTS) • He and I cracked crawdads. (Both are SUBJECTS) • This summons is from Sir Gallihadand me. (both are OBJECTS)
HOW do we Do This? • My horse and I are on the way. • My horse is on the way. • I am on my way. • You CANNOT say…. • ME is on my way.
Jimmy and me is fixin’ to go down to the hitchin’ post. • No….. • Jimmy and I are going to go to the hitching post.
With OBJECT Pronouns • Please turn in your homework to him or me. • Please turn in your work to him. • Please turn in your work to me. • Therefore….turn in your work to him or me.
Don’t be a Jerk • When talking about someone else and yourself…. • ALWAYS put yourself last. • Jimmy and I will go… • Sally and I are shopping. • My friend and I are heading toward… • Hand that to him or me.
Examples • Herman shot a dirty look at ______ (third person singular) and ______. (first person singular) • My frothing steed and _________ (first person singular)are on the make. • Sally hit the ball to _________ (first person plural) and then to _________. (third person plural) • Johnny sent the letter to ________ (second person plural) and ___________ (third person plural)