Pronoun Agreement & Case
📋 What it is
A pronoun must match its noun in number, and use the right case (I/me, she/her, they/them).
🗣️ Coach says
A pronoun stands in for a noun and must agree with it. BOLT writes “Each student brought their book” inconsistently, or mixes up “me and him went”. Match the pronoun to its noun, and pick I vs me by the job it does.
🧠 Memory hook
Pronoun matches its noun in number; subject → I/she/they, object → me/her/them.
😂 Giggle
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Anything with a good draft-beat!
😲 Whoa!
English lost its formal "thou/you" split centuries ago — most languages still keep a polite vs casual "you".
🖍️ Grade BOLT-3000's pronouns.
You're the teacher — mark BOLT-3000's work, then reveal how you did. (Grading a robot: all the skill, none of the sting.)
BOLT wrote: “Me and Sam finished the essay.”
✗ Needs a fix — it's the subject: “Sam and I finished the essay.”
As the subject, use "I" (and put the other person first): "Sam and I".
BOLT wrote: “Lee and I washed the car.”
✓ Leave it (Stet) — take out “Lee and” and you get “I washed the car”, so “Lee and I” is right.
Use “I” for someone doing the action, and “me” after words like “to” and “with”.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Say “___ and I” vs “me and ___” — decide which fits “___ went to the park”.