PROBLEM
22. NEGATIVE IMPERATIVES

PLEASE DON’T+

VERB WORD

Please don’t tell anyone.
 

WOULD YOU PLEASE NOT+

VERB WORD

Would you please not tell anyone?


 

PROBLEM WITH PRONOUNS
23. -ING FORM MODIFIED BY POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

SUBJECT+

VERB PHRASE + VERB

PRONOUN(POSSESSIVES)+

-ING FORM.

We can count on her helping us.

He regretted their misunderstanding him.

NOTE: Remember that the following are possessive pronouns:

MY
YOUR
HIS
HER
ITS
OUR
YOUR
THEIR

PROBLEM WITH PRONOUNS
24. SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

PRONOUN(SUBJECT)+

VERB

 If the weather is good Ellen and I will go to the beach.

Note: Remember that the following pronouns are subject pronouns.

I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, WE, YOU, THEY.

IT+

BE+

PRONOUN (SUBJECT)

It is he whom the committee has named.

SUBJECT+

VERB+

PRONOUN (OBJECT)

They asked us, Jane and me, whether we were satisfied.

Note: Remember that the following pronouns are object pronouns:

ME, YOU, HER, HIM, IT, US, YOU, THEM.

LET+

PRONOUN (OBJECT)+

VERB

Let us, you and me try to reach an agreement.

 

PROBLEM WITH PRONOUNS
25. PROPOSITIONS WITH OBJECT PRONOUNS

…………+

PREPOSITION+

PRONOUN (OBJECT)

 

I would be glad to take a message for her.

Note: Remember that the following prepositions are commonly used with object pronouns.

Among
From
Between
For
To
With

 

PROBLEM WITH PRONOUNS
26. RELATIVE PRONOUNS WHICH REFERS TO PERSONS

……+

+WHO+

VERB+

..

Everyone who took the tour was impressed by the painting.
 

…..+

+WHOM+

SUBJECT+

VERB+

……….

He was the only American whom I saw at the conference.

PROBLEM WITH PRONOUNS
27. RELATIVE PRONOUNS WHICH REFER TO PERSONS AND THINGS

…………+

SOMEONE+

WHO+

……….

She is the secretary who works in the international office.

…………+

SOMETHING+

WHICH+

……….

This is the new computer which you ordered.