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Pronoun
Issues
Pronoun Agreement—a pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender (male/female/neuter) and number (singular/plural).
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
(Always Singular)
Anyone Someone Everyone No
one Each
Anything Something Everything Nothing Either
Anybody Somebody Everybody Nobody Neither
Pronoun Reference—it must be clear
to what word a pronoun refers—every pronoun must have a clear antecedent.
SUBJECT Pronouns OBJECT Pronouns
I Me
She Her
He Him
We Us
They Them
Who Whom
Whoever Whomever
Note: “It” and “You” belong
to both groups
USE SUBJECT
PRONOUNS in the following cases:
ü
In compound subjects (“Ted and I (rather than me) are going to attend.”)
ü
Before and AFTER the forms of the verb TO BE (am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been).
ü
After
the words than and as
USE OBJECT
PRONOUNS in the following cases:
ü
As objects of verbs
ü
After prepositions (object of the
preposition)
(I gave the book to Ted and him (rather than he)
This is between you and me (me rather than I because between is a preposition and you and me are its
objects)
Commonly
Used Prepositions
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about
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at
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by
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like
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through
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above
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before
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during
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near
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throughout
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across
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behind
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except
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of
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to
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after
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below
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for
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off
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toward
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against
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beneath
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from
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on
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under
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among
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beside
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in
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onto
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until
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around
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between
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inside
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over
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with
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as
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beyond
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into
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since
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without
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