Lecture 9 Pronouns (II) 英语语法教学课件.ppt

Lecture 9 Pronouns (II) Choice of pronoun case forms a) In informal style, when a personal pronoun functions as the subject of a minor sentence that stands without a predicate or with only a nonfinite verb as the predicator, the pronoun usually occurs in the objective rather than subjective case, eg: Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 1) Choice between subjective and objective case Choice of pronoun case forms 2) Choice between objective and genitive case Choice of pronoun case forms 2) Choice between objective and genitive case Choice of pronoun case forms 2) Choice between objective and genitive case Choice of pronoun case forms 2) Choice between objective and genitive case Choice of pronoun case forms c) When an infinitive clause with a personal pronoun as its own subject functions as the object of the main clause, the pronoun can only occur in the objective case, eg: Possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns and generic use of personal pronouns As has been pointed out in the preceding section, what we call “possessive pronouns” include the following nominal genitive forms: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs. As we can see, the third person singular masculine possessive pronoun and the corre-sponding determiner share the same form ( his); the second person plural and singular possessive pronouns also share the same form (yours); the third person singular neutral it has not a nominal genitive form. Possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns and generic use of personal pronouns The car in the lot is