Like many of students
who have encountered the pronouns “we”
and “they”, I also get confused in
substituting nouns with these plural pronouns —
especially in sentences where I thought I was included with the ones
being referred to. Like for example the nouns “youth”, “students” or “children”
(when I was still a student) used with another noun like:
1. The government leaders and the youth
are expected to join the Recycling Summit.
I
was assuming before that being a “youth” too when I was in highschool
or college, I was among those who are being talked about that is why I get
confused whether to change the compound subject to “they” or “we”.
It
should be:
They are expected to join the Recycling Summit.
2. The teacher
and her students have agreed to represent the University in the
upcoming “Investigatory Project” Competition.
It
should be:
They have agreed to represent the University
in the upcoming “Investigatory Project” Competition.
Again,
in this sentence I thought that I belong to the “students” being talked about in this sentence.
One thing to remember is that when
the compound subject is anything but with
the pronoun “I” – use “THEY”. Contrary to these examples below:
The
Chairman and I are expected
to join the Recycling Summit.
It
should be:
We are expected to join the Recycling Summit.
My teacher and I have agreed to represent the
University in the upcoming Investigatory Project Competition.
It
should be:
We have agreed to represent the University in the
upcoming Investigatory Project Competition.
In
those examples above, the correct form would be “WE”. The hint is the use
of the pronoun “I” in the sentence.
Do not forget when the pronoun “I”
is not in the compound subject, no
matter how close the noun refers to you – it has to be “THEY”.
When you see the pronoun “I”
along with another noun in a compound subject, that is just the time
that “WE”
must be chosen to replace the compound subject.
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