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Persons who are in doubt as to which form of the pronoun to use often try to avoid the difficulty by using one of the pronouns ending in ”-self”--pronouns which have the same form for both the nominative and the objective case Thus many persons, uncertain whether to use ”I” or ”me” in the sentence quoted above, would say instead, ”She invited Mrs R and _” This is no better than ”Mrs R and _I_,” or ”her and _I_” The pronouns in ”-self” are properly used only for eht to say: ”I will go _myself_”; ”Carrie _herself_ went to the door”; ”God helps those who help _the to say, ”Harry and _ether”

When a pronoun in ”-self” is used reflexively, it refers to the subject of the clause in which it stands

In sentences like ”This advice is free to _whoever_ will take it,” the word ending in ”-ever” is the subject of the verb ”will take,” not the object of the preposition ”to” The right form, therefore, is ”whoever,”

not ”whomever” The object or, better, the ”base” of the preposition ”to”

is the whole clause, ”whoever will take it”

[47] Ibid, pp 61-62

[48] I oeably I omit also compounds of _hom_ [49] ”Foundations,” p 64

EXERCISE XXVII

_Insert the proper forive the reason for your choice:--_

I

I, ME, MYSELF

1 Taking a carriage, my brother and--drove to the east end of Cape Elizabeth

2 Mr C and--walked around the lake by ave pleasure to both Mr C and--

4 Between you and--, affairs look dark

5 The _Star_ contains a paper on ”Our Streets,” which ritten by-- > 6 He is taller than--[50]

7 There is, you reo to the ball-gaae

11 Who is there? Only--

12 To send--away, and for a whole year, too,--, who had never been away from home, was not easy for mother

13 Will you let Brown and--have your boat?

14 Dr Hol the rest

15 Nextto Bar Harbor

16 It ho called to you

17 I was beside--

18 Would you go, if you were--?

19 Father bought brother and--tickets for the concert

20 He said he would bring some flowers to Frances and--

21 You suffer from headache more than--

22 We shall soon see which is the better boxer, you or--

23 Who rang the bell?--

24 The taller one except you and--

26 The world will rest content with such poor things as you and--

27 He was a sublimer poet than--

28 Was it--that you saw?

29 How can you thus address o for berries alone, if he will not go with us

31 There is no one here but you and--

32 Is it--you wish to see?