HPA and GSMS Grade Eight LA

Nominative-case pronouns are used as actors, as subjects of sentences: I, he, she, we, they, you and it. They usually come at the beginning of a sentence.

Objective-case pronouns receive the action: me, him, her, us, us, them, you, and it. They usually come at the middle or end of a sentence.

Errors in pronoun case ually occur when the shibect or object is compound(more than one person) and a writer confuses the nominative (actor) and objective(recipient of the action) cases.

• Examples:

  • Kyle and me love M&M’s. (Wrong)

  • Kyle and I love M&M’s (Correct)

  • Rachael gave M&M’s to Kyle and I. (Wrong)

  • Rachael gave M&M’s to Kyle and me. (Correct)

To test for the correct case of a pronoun when there’s a compound construction, e.g., (name) and I/me, drop the (name) and part, then ask yourself, is it I or me? In other words, test the pronoun by itself with a verb.

• Example:

  • [Kyle and] __________ love M&M’s. (I or me?)

  • Rachael gave M&M’s to [Kyle and] ____________. (I or me?)