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Review: Pronoun Case, Emphasis and Added Details

Apply use pronoun case, distinguish intensive and reflexive uses, identify a parenthetical element, recognize word relationships using supplied texts and original responses.

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Unit review questions
1. Original excerpt A: The tutor helped ___; blank refers to several speakers receiving help. Use excerpt A only. Which pronoun fits the stated blank and referent?
Need a hint?
  • Jo and I arrived; Jo helped me.
  • Between takes object forms in this construction.
2. Original excerpt B: We prepared ourselves for the display. Use excerpt B only. What use does the supplied self-form have?
Need a hint?
  • I myself wrote it emphasizes I.
  • Myself is not a fancy substitute for me.
3. Original excerpt C: Only the model that has a torn hinge needs repair; the clause distinguishes it from the intact model. Use excerpt C only. Which punctuation pattern correctly marks the supplied removable addition?
Need a hint?
  • An inserted middle detail needs opening and closing marks.
  • One comma does not pair off a middle addition.
4. Original excerpt D: Sparrow : bird. Use excerpt D only. Which relationship is supplied?
Need a hint?
  • Wheel is part of bicycle.
  • Rain and wet ground are not synonyms.

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Use the skills in a new task

Make a short complete response demonstrating the four skills in this unit. Correct: Jo and me arrived. Expected: Jo and I arrived. Add an intensive form: I myself checked the plan. Add a nonessential middle detail using paired commas: Jo, our guide, arrived early. Explain wheel:bicycle as part:whole without reversing the relation. Longer writing targets in optional extensions can be completed in a later session.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Temporarily remove the other noun in a compound phrase and test the pronoun alone. Restore the full phrase after checking.
  • Try removing the self-form. Check whether it merely emphasizes, receives the action from the same subject or incorrectly replaces me/us.
  • Use the punctuation form explicitly requested, or recognize essential identification. Make sure a removable middle addition has two boundaries.
  • Read both terms and state their relationship in order. Reverse-order analogies may change the relation.
Compare with a model response

Jo and I arrived. Removing Jo leaves I arrived, so I is the subject form. I myself checked the plan uses myself for removable emphasis. Jo, our guide, arrived early uses paired commas for a nonessential addition. Wheel:bicycle is part:whole. I keep the relation’s order; bicycle:wheel reverses it. An object example is Lee helped me, not Lee helped myself.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.