41c Considering case in compound structures

41cConsidering case in compound structures

When a pronoun is part of a compound structure, put it in the same case you would use if the pronoun were alone.

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Eliminating the other part of the compound, José and, leaves Come to the park with me.

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Pronoun case in a compound appositive (54d) is determined by the word the appositive renames. If the word functions as a subject or subject complement, the pronoun should be subjective; if it functions as an object, the pronoun should be objective.

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Panelists is the subject of the sentence, so the pronoun in the appositive Tony and I should be in the subjective case.