Tham khảo tài liệu 'mastering machanics 10', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 128 Part III The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use Some pronouns such as you and it appear on both lists. They do double duty as both subject and object pronouns. Don t worry about them they re right for all occasions. Other one-case-fits-almost-all pronouns are either most other which and that. ựr Another type of pronoun is a reflexive or -self pronoun myself himself ourselves and so forth . Use these pronouns only when the action in the sentence doubles back on the f A subject. I told myself that the grammar test would be easy. They washed themselves 50 times during the deodorant shortage. You may also insert the -self pronouns for emphasis. She herself baked the cake. Don t place a -self pronoun in any other type of sentence. Jjnce r . r In the following sentences choose the correct pronoun from the parentheses. Take care not to send a subject pronoun to do an object pronoun s job and vice versa. Violators will be prosecuted. Try your hand at an example before moving on. Q. Matt took the precious parchment and gave she her a cheap imitation instead. A. her. In this sentence Matt is the one taking and giving. The pronoun her is on the receiving end because Matt gave the imitation to her. Her is an object pronoun. 1. Matt Peyton and I me myself have a date with destiny. 2. The parchment which he him discovered in the back pocket of a pair of jeans made in 1972 is covered with strange symbols. 3. I wanted to call Codebusters because they them solved the riddle of the Subway Tapestry last year. 4. I can t decide whether they them should contact Matt first or wait until Matt realizes that he needs they them . 5. The president of Codebusters knows that Peyton is better at figuring out obscure symbols than he him . 6. Peyton won t tell I me a thing about the parchment but she her did nod quietly when I mentioned Martians. 7. Peyton s friends Lucy and she her are obsessed with Martians and tend to see Little Green Men everywhere. 8. If the Martians and she
