Use the Pronouns Who and Whoever as the Subjects of a question or a clause Example Who left Whoever did this should be held responsible for the damages Pronouns Use the Pronouns ID: 1003719
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1. Pronouns Part 3
2. Pronouns Use the Pronouns Who and Whoever as the Subjects of a question or a clause Example: Who left? Whoever did this should be held responsible for the damages.
3. Pronouns Use the Pronouns Whom and Whomever as direct objects or objects of prepositions Examples: To whom should I address this letter? You can bring whomever you want to the party.
4. Trick For a statement: If you can replace it with he/she use Who or Whoever If you can replace it with him/her use Whom or Whomever For a question: If the answer could be he/she use Who or whoever If the answer could be him/her use whom or whomever
5. Pronouns 1. Be sure to use who and whom only to refer to people! 2. Use which to refer to animals and things 3. Use that to refer to animals, things, or people
6. Examples1. I will always remember the U.S. women soccer players who celebrate so exuberantly. 2. The bald eagle, which is the official national bird of the U.S., is found only in North America. 3. The ferry that sank in the English Channel had just passed its safety inspection.
7. That vs. Which That– use this restrictive clauses - It gives information that is critical to understanding the sentence. Without it the sentence would be vague. Which– use with non-restrictive clauses -uses commas and can be taken out of the sentence. It gives additional information, but not necessary information.
8. Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns The intensive and reflexive pronouns are: Myself, himself, herself, ourselves, and themselves
9. Intensive and Reflexive Do not use these pronouns in place of regular objective pronouns Examples: Give the credit to Casey and me (not myself) It’s up to Justine and me (not myself) whether we want to go or not.
10. Intensive and Reflexive Use these pronouns in rare instances to indicate that the subject performs and receives action or for special emphasis. They need to have a mirror pronoun. Examples: They did it themselves. She pictures herself becoming a great ballerina someday. He himself couldn’t believe the news.