PROBLEM 13

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PROBLEM 15

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PROBLEM 16

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Chapter 3

Pronouns

While the other members of Mrs. Jewls’s class worked on their paragraphs, Mrs. Jewls gave special help to Sue. She started at the very beginning, with the basic fundamentals of arithmetic: pronouns.

PROBLEM 17

“How much is he plus me?” she asked.

Sue was dumbfounded. “I don’t know,” she admitted.

“We,” said Mrs. Jewls.

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Sue studied the problem. In a way, she realized it did make sense. If she and her brother went to the store, she could say, “he and me went to the store,” or “we went to the store.” The grammar wasn’t exactly right but at last something made sense. He plus me did equal we. “I think I understand,” she said.

“That’s wonderful,” said Mrs. Jewls. “Then you can do the next problem. How much is me plus we?”

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