Asbestos Suit

Correct any problems with pronoun case. Be careful, though; some pronouns are used correctly. (You will not need to change any wording.)

1. At this college, neither the president nor the dean automatically assumes that, on every issue, the faculty is better informed than us students.

2. Between you and I, each of the dorms should have their security systems replaced.

3. The theater critic, whom slipped into her seat right before the curtain went up, gave him and the other actors favorable reviews.

4. All job applicants must call for an appointment, so that the personnel office can interview you.

5. The committee passed their resolution that each of the apartments was to be free of asbestos before occupancy.

6. The instructor reminded everyone in class to pick up their term papers before they left for the semester break.

7. Many amateur photographers like to use one-step cameras that you don’t have to focus.

8. To keep children away from dangerous chemicals, lock them in a storage closet.

9. The student sat down glumly as soon as the professor began to criticize his research paper. After a moment, though, he turned away in frustration, trying to collect his thoughts.

10. Many patients’ lawsuits against doctors end when the patient receives and out-of-court settlement.

Correct any problems with pronoun case. Be careful, though; some pronouns are used correctly. (You will not need to change any wording.)

1. "At this college, neither the president nor the dean automatically assumes that, on every issue, the faculty is better informed than us students. "

- US – objective case of ‘we’ as in – ‘Come and get us’.

2. "Between you and I [me], [ I think ] each of the dorms should have their security systems replaced."

- me is used after a conjunction
- I is used as subject immediately before verb
- needs to be clear as in between where they are standing only or he thinks all of the dorms.

3. "The theater critic, whom [who ] slipped into her seat right before the curtain went up, gave him and the other actors favorable reviews."

- Whom is the object version of ‘who’

however – occasionally used as predicate nominative with a copulative verb or as subject of a verb especially in the vicinity of a preposition or a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object <whom say ye that I am — Matthew 16:15 (Authorized Version)

4. "All job applicants must call for an appointment, so that the personnel office can interview you [them]."

- you second person
- all defines third person – them

5. The committee passed their resolution that each of the apartments was to be free of asbestos before occupancy.

6. The instructor reminded everyone in class to pick up their term papers before they left for the semester break.

7. "Many amateur photographers like to use one-step cameras that you [ they ] don’t have to focus."

- you second person
- many defines third person – they

8. "To keep children away from dangerous chemicals, lock [ the items ] in a storage closet."

- should be clear – lock the chemicals in the closet

9. "The student sat down glumly as soon as the professor began to criticize his research paper. After a moment, though, he [ student/professor ??? ] turned away in frustration, trying to collect his thoughts."

- should be clear – the student collected his thoughts, the professor collected his thoughts.

10. "Many patients’ lawsuits against doctors end when the patient receives and [ an ] out-of-court settlement."

- typo "and" should be ‘an’

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