The only students invited to attend the meeting were _____.
Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
a. we
b.us
c.them
d. ourselves
HELLOOOOOO its D. for god sake what school do you teach at
This sentence calls for a subject pronoun. It means the same as the subject, "students."
Which pronoun is the only one that is a subject pronoun?
Hint: Turn the sentence around.
_______ were the only students invited to attend the meeting.
we, but we doesn't seem right to me
I know it doesn't sound right, but it is. Most people misuse pronouns in sentences like these.
For instance, when people call me and ask, "Is this Sue?", and I correctly answer, "Yes, this is I," they always hesitate a moment before going on.
By the way, I'm an English teacher.
To determine the correct pronoun that completes the sentence, let's analyze the sentence structure and identify the subject of the sentence. In this case, the subject is "students."
Since the pronoun should refer back to the subject "students," we need to use a pronoun that functions as the object of the sentence.
The pronoun that correctly completes the sentence is "them" (option c). This is because "them" is the objective form of the pronoun "they," which is used to refer to a group of people as the object of a sentence.
So, the correct answer is option c. "The only students invited to attend the meeting were them."