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Difficulty: EasyPronoun Case and Person

At the ancient dig site, the lead archaeologist handed my assistant and I brushes for cleaning the delicate pottery fragments. Which option best replaces the underlined pronoun?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. meAnswer
  3. C
    myself
  4. D
    we

Answer

The correct answer is the objective pronoun 'me'.
The objective pronoun 'me' is correct because the pronoun is part of the compound object of the verb 'handed'. In English, pronouns that receive the action of a verb or follow a preposition must be in the objective case.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the grammatical role of the pronoun in the sentence.
The pronoun is part of a compound structure ('my assistant and...') that receives the action of the verb 'handed' (indirect object).
Understanding whether the pronoun is a subject or an object determines whether to use a subjective pronoun (like 'I') or an objective pronoun (like 'me').
2
Test each pronoun option by isolating it in the sentence.
Saying 'handed I' or 'handed we' is grammatically incorrect because they are subjective pronouns. Saying 'handed me' is correct.
Isolating the pronoun from the compound construction helps reveal the correct case.

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Pronoun Case and Person
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