Important

Let's review all this since it is so important.

I want to tell you that my daughter, Kiersten, sent her brothers to the store.

"Kiersten sent Tyler and Hayden to the store."

But I also want to use pronouns instead of their names. There are three things I must consider.

• Kiersten is a girl, so I have to chose the feminine pronoun ("she," not "he").
• There is only one Kiersten, so I have to chose the singular pronoun ("she," not "they").
• "Kiersten" is the subject of the verb, and so the pronoun must be in the subjective case ("she," not "her").

So I chose the subjective singular feminine, "she."

"She sent Tyler and Hayden to the store."

Now you want to restate the same sentence but you want to use a pronoun for "Tyler and Hayden."

• Tyler and Hayden are boys, so I have to chose the masculine pronoun.
• Tyler and Hayden are two boys, so I have to chose the plural pronoun ("they," not "he").
• "Tyler and Hayden" are the direct object of the verb, and so the pronoun must be in the objective case ("them," not "they").

"Kiersten sent them to the store."

What is the antecedent of "them"?

If all this does not make sense, please go back through the pages of this Lesson and study the material again.