Grammarguide-2023
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grammarguide-2023
auxiliary verb.
• Incorrect: 'I can't swim.' 'I also can't.' • Correct: 'I can't swim.' 'I can't either.' 81. Nominative and objective case Pronouns that are used as subjects of verbs are: I, he, she, we, they and you • Neither Alice nor I like the opera. (NOT Neither Alice nor me like the opera. Here the pronouns Alice and I are part of the subject.) Pronouns that are used as objects of verbs or prepositions are: me, him, her, us, them and you. Note that you does not change its form. • I tackled him. (NOT I tackled he. Here him is the object of the verb tackled.) Grammar Guide Page 39 • She sat above me. (NOT She sat above I. Here me is the object of the preposition above.) • Between you and me there are few secrets. (NOT Between you and I there are few secrets. Here the pronouns you and me are the objects of the preposition between.) • There are no problems between him and her. (NOT There are no problems between he and she.) • Let you and me do it. (NOT Let you and I do it. Here you and me are the objects of the verb let.) • He has given great trouble to my father and me. (NOT He has given great trouble to my father and I. Here my father and I are the objects of the preposition to.) Grammarians formerly used to recommend that a pronoun used as the complement of the verb be (is/am/are/was/were), should be in the nominative (subject) form. Today the use of the nominative form in such cases is considered extremely formal and over-correct. Instead, we use the objective form. • It is me. (More natural than It is I.) • That was him. (More natural than That was he.) Download 0.58 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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