Tuesday, 5/13/14

* Open

Suffixes

al	relating to	gradual, manual, natural
algia	pain	neuralgia, nostalgia, myalgia
an, ian	native of, relating to	African, riparian,
ance, ancy	action, process, state	assistance, allowance, defiance

* Bedford Book Online  
 

Subjective Case: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever

• Use when the pronoun is acting as the subject of a clause:
• Correct: "I ran." "You ran." "He ran."
• INCORRECT: "Me ran" or "Him ran."

Objective Case: me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom, whomever (Mmmm . . .)

• Use when the pronoun is acting as the object of a clause:
• Correct: "The dog bit me." "The eagle gave her a feather."
• INCORRECT: "The dog bit I." "The eagle gave she a feather."

Possessive Case: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs

• Use when denoting possession; hence, the term "possess"ive.
• Correct: "That is my glove." "The iPad is hers."
• NOTE: possessive case pronouns DO NOT use apostrophes, as non-pronoun words do, to show possession.
• Correct: "That is its food! Don't (do not) take it!"
• INCORRECT: "That is it's (it is) food! Don't (do not) take it!"

* Grammar: Pronouns: Subjective, Objective, and Possessive
1. Introduce
2. Read Bedford 24 a—g

• Copy each blue rule into your notes
• Give one example sentence of your own to illustrate each rule.  
• Do Ex. 24-1 a—5

* Resume

• When in doubt (i.e. you don't have something specific they need for a particular end), use the high school example resume and its general format:
  
  High School Example Resume
  If you already have such a thing written, then the senior survey is fine.

• Requirements
• Typed
• Formatted (indents match, headings match, follows an example format)
• Grammatically accurate
• At least one full page in length

HW: Resume; finish pronoun notes