THEPRONOUNS
Verymanymistakesotheuseofthepronouns。"LetyouandIgo"shouldbe"Letyoua;"Letthema;shouldbe"Letthemandusgo。"Theverbletistrahereforetakestheobjectivecase。
"Givemethemflowers"shouldbe"Givemethoseflowers"?"Imeahree"shouldbe"Imeahree。"Themistheobjectivecaseofthepersonalpronounandotbeusedadjectivelylikethedemoivepronoun。"Iamasstrongashim"shouldbe"Iamasstro;?"Iamyouha;shouldbe"Iamyouha;"Hewritebettertha;shouldbe"HewritebetterthanI,"foriheobjectivecaseshim,herandmeareusedwrongfullyfortheereaisappliedpronounsaverbisuoodofronou。Thus,"Iamasstrongashe(is)。""Iamyouhanshe(is)。""HewritebetterthanI()。"
Don'tsay"Itisme?"say"ItisI"TheverbToBeofwhichisisaparttakesthesamecaseafteritthatithasbeforeit。Thisholdsgoodinallsituatiohpronouns。
&oBealsorequiresthepronouobeinthesamecaseasapronounaskihenominativeIrequiresthenominativewhoaivesme,him,her,its,you,them,requiretheobje。
"WhomdoyouthinkIam?"shouldbe"WhodoyouthinkIam?"and"Whodotheysupposemetobe?"shouldbe"Whomdotheysupposemetobe?"Theobjeoftherelativeshouldbealwaysused,ihapreposition。"Whodoyoutakemefor?"shouldbe"Whomdo,etc。""Whodidyougivetheappleto?"shouldbe"Whomdidyougivetheappleto,"butaspoielsewheretheprepositionshouldeisbettertosay,"Towhomdidyougivetheapple?"
&iveverbsalwaysusetheobjectivecasesofthepronouns。For"Heandtheywehaveseen,"say"Himandthemwehaveseen。"