GEM Stuff

Question 1

What is the difference between a nominative pronoun and an objective pronoun?

Answer 1

Nominative pronouns act as the subject of a sentence (I, he, they, we). Objective pronouns receive the action verb (me, him, them, us).

Question 2

The manager questioned ________ traveling first class on a recent business trip. John’s or John?

Answer 2

John’s. It’s an example of a gerund so you have to show ownership of the traveling.

Question 3

Bob appreciates _______ taking the time to proofread his paper. Your or you?

Answer 3

Your. It’s an example of a gerund so you have to show ownership of the “taking the time to proofread”.

Question 4

The faculty committee, including the chair and all of the five members, __________ all college-related functions. Attend or attends?

Answer 4

Attends. Ignore the modifier in the middle as they are still acting as a collective (it just lists them out - it doesn’t differentiate them).

Question 5

Why is plural verb form different than what you might think it is?

Answer 5

Plural verb form does not read like a typical plural, as in more than one. Instead, it’s apart of the subject-verb agreement and aligns with the subject. Example: The dogs run fast. “Run” is the plural verb form because the subject “dogs” is plural.

Question 6

Just between __________, a new vacation policy will be announced next week. You and I or You and me?

Answer 6

You and me only because of that word “between” - prepositional agreement that changes “I” there from nominative to objective.