The McGraw-Hill Workbook        Ex. 17-3        page 295

Pronoun Case and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun Hints Case or Type of Pronoun
1. his   possessive
2. whom

          Imagine the clause: he trusted him

 objective
3. his   possessive
4. whoever          Imagine the clause: he could make it subjective
5. who          Imagine the clause: he faced ...dilemma subjective
6. his   possessive
7. himself   reflexive pronoun
8. who         Imagine the clause: he hoped for... subjective
9. Whoever          Imagine the clause: he wants to be... subjective
10. himself   reflexive pronoun
11. whom         Imagine the clause: the average person could not understand him objective
12. his   possessive
13. his   possessive
14. no pronoun    
15. who's (who is interested) subjective 
16. their   possessive
17. their   possessive
18. its   possessive
19. who's (who is the only president...) subjective 
20. him   objective

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