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In Laura gave him the baseball, the pronoun him is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In The cat picked up its toy, the word its shows:Read the answer and worked solution →The object form matching the subject pronoun we is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is correct: The pizza was delivered to Jasmine and ___?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is correct: Jasmine and ___ ordered pizza for dinner?Read the answer and worked solution →Pronouns that reflect back to the same person or thing, such as himself, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Reflexive pronouns always end in:Read the answer and worked solution →Pronouns such as everybody, nobody and nothing, which do not point to a known noun, are:Read the answer and worked solution →How many demonstrative pronouns are there?Read the answer and worked solution →In That car is mine, the word that works as:Read the answer and worked solution →In That is my car, the word that works as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these sentences uses it correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →In This car has its problems, the word its is correct because it shows:Read the answer and worked solution →Who or whom wrote the book? The correct choice is who because who equates to:Read the answer and worked solution →This is for ___? The correct choice is whom because whom is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pronounsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pronoun typesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the pronoun casesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the grammar wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Subject or objectRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the pronoun typesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Pronoun bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A statement identifying a topic and the author's claim about it is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Support or proof offered for a fact or opinion, such as statistics, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A restatement of a text in different words, usually for clarity, is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A condensed account of a text noting only its main points is a:Read the answer and worked solution →An author's projected attitude toward the subject and audience is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Presenting a believable, authoritative voice that earns the audience's trust is an appeal to:Read the answer and worked solution →Appealing to the feelings and emotions an audience shares is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In Laura gave him the baseball, the pronoun him is in the:

  1. Reflexive case
  2. Objective case
  3. Subjective case
  4. Possessive case
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Correct answer: B. Objective case

1. He is affected by the action. 2. Objects take the objective case. 3. So him is objective. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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In The cat picked up its toy, the word its shows:

  1. A question
  2. A greeting
  3. Ownership
  4. An action
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Correct answer: C. Ownership

1. Possessive pronouns show ownership. 2. The toy belongs to the cat. 3. So its shows ownership. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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The object form matching the subject pronoun we is:

  1. Our own
  2. They all
  3. Them all
  4. Us folk
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Correct answer: D. Us folk

1. Each subject pronoun has a counterpart. 2. If it is not we, it is us. 3. So the object form is us. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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