Chapter Summary
A pronoun is a word that is a substitute for a noun. The nominative case is used when the pronoun is the subject or subject complement or when it is in apposition to a subject. The objective case is used when the pronoun is a direct or indirect object, an object of a preposition, or in apposition to the parts just listed.

A possessive pronoun, like a possessive noun, indicates ownership. A possessive pronoun, however, does not require an apostrophe to show ownership.

In addition to studying personal pronouns in greater depth, Chapter 7 will introduce several other classifications of pronouns, including compound personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and relative pronouns.

Online Links

People Search Sites

411 Locate
http://www.411locate.com/

Who Where?
http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

Switchboard: The Internet Directory
http://www.switchboard.com/

AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance
http://www.anywho.com/

Yahoo! People Search
http://people.yahoo.com/

Greeting Card Sites

Blue Mountain
http://www.bluemountain.com

American Greetings
http://www.americangreetings.com/

greeting-cards.com
http://www.greeting-cards.com

Egreetings.com
http://www.egreetings.com/

Hallmark
http://www.hallmark.com

Bonus Exercise

Objective: Identify nominative and objective case pronouns.

1. Go to one of the greeting card sites.
2. Click on the "about" information that tells about the greeting card company.
3. Print the information about the company.
4. Working from the printout, choose one paragraph and underline any pronouns in the nominative case once and underline any pronouns in the objective case twice.
5. Write at least three sentences describing the greeting card company. Write one sentence with a pronoun in the nominative case and one sentence with the pronoun in the objective case. Underline the pronouns in all of the sentences that you wrote.

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