home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Software USA 5 #5
/
Software USA Volume 5.05.iso
/
pc
/
educate
/
editor
/
run
/
b
/
items
/
data
/
b3d1.htf
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1997-03-31
|
1KB
|
137 lines
B3D1
Compound Subjects/Objects
9
0
13
1
Using compound subjects or objects (she and I, him and me)
13
1
need not be confusing. There is an easy way to tell whether
13
1
to use the nominative case (I, she, he, we, they) or objective
13
1
case (me, her, him, us, them). Break the subjects or objects
13
1
apart and look at them separately:
13
1
Marla and I went home.
6
0
13
1
(
6
0
Marla
8
0
went home.
6
0
I
8
0
went home.)
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Kim Lee went with him and me.
6
0
13
1
(Kim Lee went with
6
0
him
8
0
. Kim Lee went with
6
0
me
8
0
.)
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Bruce and he saw the movie.
6
0
13
1
(
6
0
Bruce
8
0
saw the movie.
6
0
He
8
0
saw the movie.)
6
0
13
1
17
0
13
1
Note that the first person pronouns (I, me; we, us) always
13
1
appear last in compound subjects and objects.
13
1
17
0
13
1
13
1
13
1
13
1
13
1