Pronouns: Case, Who/Whom and Agreement
Pick the right pronoun every time: I or me, who or whom, its or it's, myself or me, and who, which or that.
What it is
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun: Ana → she, the folders → them. The noun it replaces is called its antecedent.
Pronouns change form depending on their job: I or me, who or whom, its or it's. This lesson teaches the kinds of pronouns, how to choose the right form, how to make a pronoun agree with its noun, and how to use -self words and relative pronouns (who, which, that).
Why it matters on the exam
Pronoun errors are some of the most common traps in error-identification and sentence-correction items: between you and I, Me and Ana went, Whom is calling?, the dog wagged it's tail, the man which fixed it. Each of these is wrong, yet each sounds normal to many people.
At work, the right pronoun keeps letters and memos clear: the reader knows exactly who did what.
The head nurse asked Ramon and I to double-check the patients' charts.
- asked
- I
- double-check
- patients'
- No error
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