Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'The vice chancellor congratulated both the students and _______ on the accreditation success.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. us
- Step 1: The pronoun serves as part of the compound direct object of the transitive verb 'congratulated'.
- Step 2: The objective case pronoun 'us' is required ('congratulated us').
Answer
us.
Why not the others: 'we' is a subjective case pronoun; 'our' is a possessive determiner requiring a noun; 'ourselves' is reflexive and inappropriate because the subject 'vice chancellor' is not the same referent as the object.
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