- Use the case of pronoun appropriate for the grammatical situation:
- Use the nominative case for
- Subjects of verbs
Predicate nominatives
Appositives with nouns in the nominative
- Use the objective case for
- Direct objects
Indirect objects
Objects of prepositions
Appositives with nouns in the objective
- Use the possessive case of pronouns
- To show a pronoun's ownership of a noun
To show a pronoun's ownership of a gerund
- Be wary of cases of pronouns when the pronouns are joined
to something else by "and.''
- A pronoun's case following "than'' or "as'' is
determined by completing the elliptical clause in one's mind.
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