华南师范大学英语专业大二语法課7-Pronounsamp;numerals.pptVIP

Chapters 8-9 Pronouns (+ Numerals) Pronounssome usages Word order you and I; you and me; Tom and I; my friend and me But possible: I and my wife; I and my sister I gave the money to him. － I gave him the money. I made it (a cake) for her －I made her a cake. Subject case or object case? －Who sent the letter? －Me. What! Me fight a big chap like him? Not me! What! Me accept a present from him? I never even speak to him. Me learn shorthand! Not me! I should hate it. ‘Say you. Say me. Say together...’ What would you do if you were him? Open the door, please. It’s me. comparison It was he who planned my marriage. It is we who should be grateful to him. It is us they are talking about. Such men as he are intolerable. I cannot tolerate such men as him. Nobody but she can solve our problems. I want nobody but him. Everyone except I agreed to take the job. All the students major in physics except him. Indefinite Personal Pronouns:one; you; they; we In a cafeteria one serves oneself. (himself--Am.). You can make a reservation if you want to stay here during the busy season. They say blood is thicker than water. We must be patient if we want to succeed. In the following, ‘One’ is not an indefinite personal pronoun: Here are some apples. You can have one. (= one apple) One came in and was followed by another. (= one man) He went on drinking, and by and by he fell to misusing his wife and the little ones badly. ( = his children) In D. H. Lawence’s Women in Love: Godrun: Do you really want children, Ursula? Ursula: One feels it is still beyond one. (I feel ... me) Godrun: Do you feel like that? I get no feeling whatever from the thought of bearing children. Ursula: Perhaps it isn’t genuine. Perhaps one doesn’t really want them, in one’s soul -- only superficially. When one thinks of other people’s children … (Perhaps I don’t ..., in my soul ... When I think...) Possessive Pronouns my; your; his; her; its; our; your; their; mine; yours; his; hers