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? Him and his brother stopped for coffee before work.

Step 1: To determine if the sentence is correct, try the pronoun alone.

Him and his brother stopped for coffee before work.

Him stopped for coffee before work.

Step 2: If the pronoun sounds incorrect, try changing the form.

He stopped for coffee before work.

He and his brother stopped for coffee before work. (corrected

sentence)

Practice 17-1 17-1 Using Subject

Pronouns

Underline the correct pronoun in each of the following sentences. To
determine the correct pronoun form, try the pronoun alone without the

compound element.

1 Cynthia and (I, me) played two games of tennis yesterday

afternoon.
2 Cecil and (they, them) are meeting us over at the new ice-

skating rink.

3 I heard that Wally and (she, her) had made the highest

grades in class.

4 (He and I, Him and me) have been friends since grade

school.