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h John to be HIM, him_ is properly in the objective case, since there is an expressed subject of the infinitive, _John_, which is in the objective case. But in the sentence, _I should hate to be HE, he_ is properly in the nominative case, since the only subject that is expressed in the sentence is _I_, in the nominative case. NOTE 3.--Where the relative pronoun _who (whom)_ is the subject of a clause that itself is the object clause of a verb or a preposition, it is always in the nominative case. Thus the following sentences are both correct: _I delivered it to WHO owned it, Bring home WHOEVER will come with you._ EXERCISE 11 _Write sentences illustrating the correct use of each of the following pronouns:_ I, whom, who, we, me, us, they, whose, theirs, them, she, him, he, its, mine, our, thee, thou. EXERCISE 12 _In the following sentences choose the proper form from the words in italics:_ 1. My brother and _I me_ drove to the east end of the town. 2. Between you and _I me_ things are doubtful. 3. May James and _I me_ go to the circus? 4. Will you permit James and _I me_ to go to the play? 5. Who made that noise? Only _I me_. 6. He introduced us all, _I me_ among the rest. 7. He promised to bring candy to Helen and _I me_. 8. Was it _I me_ that you asked for? 9. Who spoke? _I me_. 10. I am taken to be _he him_. 11. No, it could not have been _me I_. 12. All have gone but you and _I me_. 13. You suffer more than _me I_. 14. Everyone has failed in the examination except you and _I me_. 15. He asked you and _I me_ to come to his office. 16. See if there is any mail for Mary and _me I_. 17. Neither you nor _I me_ can teach the class. 18. They think it to be _I me_. 19. This is the student _whom who_ all are praising. 20. The one that is _he him_ wears a brown hat. 21. He is a man _who whom_ all admired. 22. He is one of those men _who whom_ we call snobs. 23. I did not see that it was _her she_. 24. It is in fact _he him_. 25. He still believes it to be _them they_. 26. Between you and _I me_, it is my opinion that _him he_ and John will disagree. 27. We saw John and _she her_; we know it was _them they_. 28. I did not speak of either you or _she her_. 29. Our cousins and _we us_ are going to the Art Gallery. 30. Aunt Mary has asked our cousins and _us we_ to take dinner at her house. 31. They are more eager than _we us_ since they have not seen her for
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