- 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
- Be wary of cases of pronouns when the pronouns
are joined to something else by "and.''
- Determine a pronoun's case following "than'' or
"as'' by completing the elliptical clause in your mind.
- Use the possessive show a pronoun's ownership of a gerund, as in "I wasn't aware of his being unhappy." (After all the writer was probably aware of him, but not aware of his unhappiness.)
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