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Using Pronouns
Chapter Objectives
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This chapter focuses on gaining a thorough understanding of nouns and pronouns and their use within sentences. In particular, this chapter reviews the challenges of recognizing and choosing appropriate forms of nouns and pronouns.
The chapter objectives that follow will help you figure out whether you have really mastered the material presented in this chapter.
After reading this chapter and completing its exercises, you should be able to:
- Explain to another student the concept of "pronoun form," and be able to recognize the difference between subjective, objective, possessive, and reflexive forms
- Use recommended strategies for dealing with compounds, comparisons, and other uniquely difficult problems with pronoun forms
- Recognize common pronoun form mistakes and resolve them when you encounter them in your writing
- Use who and whom correctly in relative clauses and questions.
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