53Now let’s read the sentence without the “Sue and.”
Are you going to the mall with Sue and I?
That doesn’t sound right. It should be - Are you going to the mall with me?
Let’s check it against our rules to make sure.
What word comes directly before the pronoun? with
Is “with” a preposition? Ye p. So we need the object pronoun “me.”
Here’s another:
It doesn’t matter what country you come from, there is really no fundamental difference between you and me.
What do we get to cross out? You and
It doesn’t matter what country you come from, there is really no fundamental difference between you and me.
What word comes directly before the pronoun “me?” between
Is “between” a preposition? Ye p, so the object pronoun “me” is correct.
Possessive Pronouns: my his her our their whose
Possessive pronouns show possession.
That is my pencil.
No trick there. ETS will test these pronouns in a different manner.
Possessive pronouns are directly followed by a gerund (an ing word).
Take a look:
Vicky is concerned about his playing tennis after spraining his ankle last week.
This is a confusing one. There is a preposition (about) directly before the first pronoun (his). According to
our rules, when a preposition comes before a pronoun it should be an object pronoun. That would change the
sentence to - Vicky is concerned about him playing tennis after spraining his ankle last week. This version of
the sentence, however, is wrong. Because a gerund (playing) follows the pronoun “his” it should be kept in
the possessive form (his playing). Sounds weird, right? But it is grammatically correct.