which sentence correctly uses an objective case pronoun A.Them invited my brother over to visit B. Mary and me walked to the bus stop C. Will you and him climb Mt. McKinley with the lees? D. Give Patty and her the prizes
English · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The sentence that correctly uses an objective case pronoun is B. "Mary and me walked to the bus stop." In this sentence, "me" is used correctly as an object of the verb "walked." The pronoun "me" is the objective case of "I," which is used when the pronoun is receiving the action of the verb.
Extra: Pronouns in English take different forms depending on how they are used in a sentence: as subjects, objects, or possessive forms. When a pronoun is the subject of a sentence, doing the action, we use the subjective case pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they). When a pronoun is receiving the action, as an object in a sentence, we use objective case pronouns (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them).
Let's go through the other options and understand why they are incorrect:
A. Them invited my brother over to visit. - This is incorrect because "them" is an objective case pronoun and cannot be used as the subject of a sentence. The correct subjective case pronoun here should be "They."
C. Will you and him climb Mt. McKinley with the Lees? - This is incorrect because "him" is an objective case pronoun used incorrectly as a subject in conjunction with "you." The correct subjective case pronoun would be "he," so it should be "Will you and he climb Mt. McKinley with the Lees?"
D. Give Patty and her the prizes. - Although this sentence may seem correct because "her" is an objective case pronoun and is used correctly as an object, it cannot be judged fully without the context that indicates if the pronoun is placed correctly in the sentence. It's important to note that 'her' is correct as an object, so if it's the completion of the sentence requiring an object pronoun, then this sentence would also be correct.
When determining whether to use "me" or "I" (or other subject and object pronouns), a good trick is to remove the other subject ("Mary" in this case) and see if the sentence still makes sense. For example, you wouldn't say "I walked to the bus stop," so "Mary and I walked to the bus stop" would not be correct. Instead, since you would say "Mary walked to the bus stop" and "Me walked to the bus stop," you combine them to form "Mary and me walked to the bus stop."