Standard English ConventionsMediumPronoun case in a compound object
Standard English Conventions practice question
The farmer ferries supplies across for the keeper's family and ____ every Thursday.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. usCorrect
- B. we
- C. ourselves
- D. I
Answer: A. us
Object of 'for': 'for the keeper's family and us'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. we
- 'We' is a subject pronoun.
- C. ourselves
- 'Ourselves' has no antecedent.
- D. I
- 'I' is a subject pronoun.
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