Creative Editing
Chapter 2
Exercise 6
6. Demonstrate that you understand noun and pronoun agreement by deleting the incorrect pronoun choices in these sentences.
a. Jeff Mayer bills [hisself, himself, themselves] as the most expensive maid in the nation. Business executives pay [his, him] $1,000 so [he, him] will tell [they, them, it] how to clean off [they, them, their, there, its] cluttered desks.
b. Some financially strapped cities can't make across-the-board purchases of semiautomatic pistols, [that, which] cost from $350 to $550. But police departments frequently permit officers to buy [they, them, there, their] own sidearms.
c. Each male officer was required to buy [his, him, its, their, them] own uniforms.
d. Uniforms were expensive, but [they, them, it] lasted for several years if [they, them, their, its] owners kept [their, its] weight constant so the uniforms fit properly.
e. Listen carefully to those [who, whom, whose] you have reason to believe know how to express [theirselves, themselves] well.
f. I will exchange letters with [whoever, whomever] writes.
g. [Who, Whom] shall you choose as captain?
h. The company needs to know [who, whom] it is insuring.
i. I thought [she, her] to be my friend.
j. [Who, Whom] do you suppose [he, him] to be?
k. Between you and [I, me], I think [she, her] previous boyfriend was friendlier.
l. None but [I, me] was able to complete the work.
m. Some of [we, us] editors think students need to know much more about grammar.
n. The editors decided to hire the student [who, whom] scored highest on the English usage test.
o. The newly married couple went to a resort in the Smoky Mountains on [their, its] honeymoon. [They, It] will return home next week.
p. The women's basketball team is in [their, its, it's] first season of competition.
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