he Matthew Weiner developed the idea for the TV show Mad Men, for which him and his team have

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-S-6c Pronoun Case

EXERCISE 1 / Editing Sentences for Pronoun Case. Edit the following sentences to correct

any errors in PRONOUN case. If an item does not have an error in pronoun case, write correct

after it. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

1. Don Draper, the lead character in Mad Men, has a mysterious past. In fact, there’s no other

character in the series as mysterious as him.

2. Set in an advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue, the show traces conflicts

among Draper and his colleagues as well as between he and various women.

3. Comparing Mad Men with The Sopranos, The Wire, and Friday Night Lights, some critics felt

it wasn’t as good as them.

4. Even many fans of those other shows, however, enjoyed Mad Men more than they.

5. In the first season, viewers were startled by the characters’ use of cigarettes and alcohol, but a

series set in the 1960s would have looked unrealistic without them smoking and drinking.

6. The creator of Mad Men so admired Alfred Hitchcock that he made the show’s opening title

sequence an homage to him.

7. The executive producer of the show is Matthew Weiner, and the head writer is he as well.

8. Though Don’s stay-at-home wife, Betty, seemed outdated, especially compared with “career

girl” Peggy Olson, one report found that women viewers identified more with Betty than she.

9. Years later, when Don marries Megan, he feels threatened by her career, and there’s

constant tension between he and Megan.

10. Although Weiner has been praised for the show’s visual style and authentic period details, him

and his writers have been criticized for not addressing gender and race issues more directly.

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