Pronoun Exercises 2 - Dr. Langston

______	1. a. The course I took on the American Romantic authors turned out to have their special problems.
	b. The course I took on the American Romantic authors turned out to have its special problems.
______	2. a. We were pleased to be studying Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, two major figures in our time.
	b. We were pleased to be studying Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, two major figures in their time.
______	3. a. The contemporaries of Emerson and Thoreau were surprised at their having taken such a strong stand.
	b. The contemporaries of Emerson and Thoreau were surprised at them having taken such a strong stand.
______	4. a. Both of the writers opposed the commercialization of his home country, America.
	b. Both of the writers opposed the commercialization of their home country, America.
______	5. a. Some business leaders, who wanted to make more money, considered the men naive.
	b. Some business leaders considered the men naive because they wanted to make more money.
______	6. a. By modern standards, though, we might be hard pressed to say who had underestimated who.
	b. By modern standards, though, we might be hard pressed to say who had underestimated whom.
______	7. a. According to Dr. Frederickson, it was he who noted the anti-commercial trend in Emerson's journals.
	b. According to Dr. Frederickson, it was him who noted the anti-commercial trend in Emerson's journals.
______	8. a. With his qualifications, who could contradict he?
	b. With his qualifications, who could contradict him?
______	9. a. As our professor, he wanted us to debate with him more.
	b. As our professor, he wanted we to debate with him more.
______	10. a. Most of the students refused to express their views too strongly, though.
	b. Most of the students refused to express his or her views too strongly, though.
______	11. a. You couldn't really take that kind of risk when you were new graduate students.
	b. We couldn't really take that kind of risk when we were new graduate students.
______	12. a. Some days he picked on Tad, whom he knew could handle it.
	b. Some days he picked on Tad, who he knew could handle it.
______	13. a. We newer students just watched for the most part.
	b. Us newer students just watched for the most part.
______	14. a. Joan and Louisa each tried putting in some comments at times, but her participation was largely ignored.
	b. Joan and Louisa each tried putting in some comments at times, but their participation was largely ignored.
______	15. a. I knew that Tad had more nerve than me.
	b. I knew that Tad had more nerve than I.
______	16. a. In fact, Tad was pretty impressed with hisself.
	b. In fact, Tad was pretty impressed with himself.
______	17. a. The course was hard enough for us to pass without all the extra chatter.
	b. The course was hard enough for we to pass without all the extra chatter.
______	18. a. Some students even stopped bringing they tape recorders to class because so much banter was going on.
	b. Some students even stopped bringing their tape recorders to class because so much banter was going on.
______	19. a. I thought that the class had lost it's way to some extent.
	b. I thought that the class had lost its way to some extent.
______	20. a. One day the professor told Tad that he had made a mistake.
	b. One day the professor told Tad, "I made a mistake."
______	21. a. "I thought that Emerson's editorial board at The Dial had refused to publish one of his poems," he said, "but it had not after all."
	b. "I thought that Emerson's editorial board at The Dial had refused to publish one of his poems," he said, "but they had not after all."
______	22. a. Each of the editors had their reservations, perhaps, but in the end, the poem was published.
	b. Each of the editors had his reservations, perhaps, but in the end, the poem was published.
______	23. a. Some of Emerson's essays contained smudges in its handwritten manuscript pages.
	b. Some of Emerson's essays contained smudges in their handwritten manuscript pages.
______	24. a. You could only go so far in determining the authoritative versions because some of the smudges were unreadable.
	b. Scholars could only go so far in determining the authoritative versions because some of the smudges were unreadable.
______	25. a. I loved reading Emerson and Thoreau, though, despite their complexities.
	b. I loved reading Emerson and Thoreau, though, despite there complexities.