Standard English ConventionsMediumPronoun case after a preposition
Standard English Conventions practice question
The award for community service was presented to my brother and ____ at the spring ceremony.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. meCorrect
- B. I
- C. myself
- D. mine
Answer: A. me
The pronoun is the object of the preposition 'to', so it takes the object form: 'to my brother and me'. Test it by dropping 'my brother and': 'presented to me' is right; 'presented to I' is not.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. I
- 'I' is a subject pronoun. After 'to' you need the object form — you'd never say 'presented to I'.
- C. myself
- 'myself' is reflexive; it's only used when the subject of the sentence does something to itself. The award, not 'I', is the subject here.
- D. mine
- 'mine' is a possessive that stands in for 'my something'. It doesn't name a person the award was given to.
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