and larger than any of the now extinct dinosaur. The heart of an adult blue whale
RELATIVE SIZES OFA #LUF WHALE.
AND AN AFRICAN ELEPYANT
is about the size of a compact car. Its main blood vessel, the aorta, is large
enough for a person to crawl through.
Human being have hunted and killed whale since ancient times. Aside from
people, whale have no natural enemy. Today many people are trying to stop the
the hunting of whale.
1 6-10 PERSONAL PRONOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
SUBJECT PRONOUNS: I we you he, she, it thw
OBJBCT PRONOUNS: m ~d you him, her, it them
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(a) Yte is mamed. Srfs has two children.
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@) yte is my friend. I know h~ well.
(c) Milre has a new blue bicycle.
He bought it yesterday.
A pronoun refers to a noun.
In (a): she is a pronoun; it refers to Kate.
In (b): her is a pronoun; it refers to Kate.
She is a subject pronoun; her is an object pronoun.
A pronoun can refer to a single noun (e.g., Kate) or
to a noun phrase. In (c): it refers to the whole noun
ohrase a new blue bicvcle.
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(d) kric and Isare good friends.
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(e) Ann met 'Eric and me'at the museum.
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I (f) ~nn walked between kric and me!
Guidelines for using pronouns following and:
If the pronoun is used as part of the subject, use a
subject pronoun, as in (d). If it is part of the object,
use an object pronoun, as in (e) and (f).
INCORRBCT: Eric and me are goodfrimdr.
INCORRBCT: Ann met Eric and I ar the museum.
SINGULAR PRONOUNS: I me you he, she,it him, her
PLURALPRONOUNS: WO 148 You they Lhsm
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(g) Mike is in class. He is taking a test.
@) The studsnts are in class. Thqv are taking a
test.
(i) Kate and Tom are mamed. They have
two children.
Singulnr = one. Mumi = more than one. Singular
pronouns refer to singular nouns, plural pronouns to
plural nouns, as in the examples.
