Exercise 3

Note in the following sentences the nouns which are connected by conjunctions and decide whether they are used as the subject of the sentences or the object of verbs or of prepositions. Draw a line under compound subjects.

  1. John and Henry are going home.
  2. Music and painting are fine arts.
  3. The grounds and buildings of our public schools have cost millions.
  4. The time calls for brave men and women.
  5. We struggle for truth and freedom.
  6. Will you study English or arithmetic?
  7. Education and organization are necessary for success.
  8. We must learn the truth about production and distribution.
  9. We demand justice and liberty.
  10. The great struggle is between the working class and the ruling class.

PRONOUNS

337. Co-ordinate conjunctions may also connect pronouns.

These are used in the same way as nouns,—either as subject or object. Nouns have the same form whether used as subject or object. Pronouns, however, have different forms when used as the object. Here is where we often make mistakes in the use of pronouns. When the pronouns are connected by co-ordinate conjunctions they are of the same rank and are used in the same construction;—if they are used as subjects both must be used in the subject form;—if they are used as objects, both must be used in the object form. For example, it is incorrect to say, He told the story to her and I. Here her is properly used in the object form, for it is the object of the preposition to; the pronoun I connected with her by the use of the conjunction and is also the object of the preposition to, and the object form should be used. You would not say, He told the story to I. The sentence should read, He told the story to her and me.

Co-ordinate conjunctions may connect two pronouns used as the subject of a sentence, as for example:

Co-ordinate conjunctions may connect two pronouns used as the object of the verb, as for example: