Which of the following sentences is correct?
1. The teacher failed my friend and I because we missed most of the semester.
2. The director hired my friend and me to run errands for her.
3. The dog jumped the fence and ran away from my brother and I.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.
I know the answer is not 1, 3, or 4 but I am stuck between answers 2 and 5. Is number 2 written correctly?
2006-09-24 12:57:20 · 11 answers · asked by Sarah 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Sentence two is gramatically correct. The other answers are wrong. Remember, if a pronoun is the object of a sentence, a phrase, a clause, or a preposition, it must be an objective pronoun like me, us, or them rather than a subjective pronoun like I, he, or they. I have broken down the parts of speech below:
The - definite article modifying the noun, director
director - noun and subject of the sentence
hired - verb
my friend and me - a compound direct object
my - a possessive pronoun modifying the noun, friend
and - a conjunction connecting the compound direct objects, friend and me.
friend - noun and direct object
me - objective personal pronoun and direct object
to run errands for her - an adverbial infinitive modifying the verb, hired (answers why hired)
to run - the infinitive
errands - object of the infinitive
for her - an adverbial prepositional phrase modifying the
infintive, to run.
for - preposition
her - objective pronoun and object of the prepositon, for
An easy way to think this through is to leave out he words:
in sentence 1 - "my friend and"
in sentence 2 - "my friend and"
in sentence 3 - "my brother and"
It then becomes clear that the objective pronoun, me, should be used rather than the subjective pronoun, I.
2006-09-24 13:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by danny_boy_jones 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
number 5 is the correct answer.
the correct way to write number 2 is as follows:
2. The director hired my friend and I to run errands for her.
2006-09-24 13:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by brunettebelle10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#2 is fine.
You can check the case of compound objects (e.g., "my friend and I" versus "my friend and me") by removing the other person's name and leaving the pronoun. If it sounds right, it is. Like this:
The director hired me to run errands for her.
Sounds fine, right? It is.
But do that to the others and it sounds funny:
The teacher failed I because we missed most of the semester.
The dog jumped the fence and ran away from I.
See? Easy trick. Never fails. Good luck!
P.S. I have a degree in English.
2006-09-24 13:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by gburgmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sentence 2 is correct. Whenever you have to deal with this kind of sentence, imagine that it's just about you, not your friend. So sentence 1 would become "The teacher failed I...."
Obviously that's wrong, so the right word is "me"
2006-09-24 13:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
#2 is wrong.
the correct way to write that sentence would be:
the director hired my friend and I to run errands for her.
2006-09-24 13:08:02 · answer #5 · answered by dana_kistemaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The response referenced by banjuja58 is correct, as well as the way to test the sentence structure accuracy.
2006-09-24 13:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Newlungs2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm pretty sure its number 5 none of the above.
2006-09-24 12:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by ncnolin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 and 3 is correct. you don't say friend and me. It's friend and I
2006-09-24 13:16:50 · answer #8 · answered by once-again@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 is correct
3 is correct
I'm not sure about 2
2006-09-24 13:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by Jill&Justin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally disagree with you i think the only sentence there that is grammatically correct is number three
2006-09-24 13:08:18 · answer #10 · answered by natasha v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋