Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The manager and me had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.

  1. The manager and me had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.

  2. The manager and myself had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.

  3. The manager and me have to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.

  4. The manager and myself have to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.

  5. The manager and I had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): Only subjects act, not objects. Only 'I' can act, not 'me'. 

Explanation for (2): 'Myself' is a reflexive pronoun inappropriate in the context.

Explanation for (3): This option fails to correct the error of pronoun usage and also makes unwarranted changes in tense.
Explanation for (4): 'Myself' is a reflexive pronoun inappropriate in the context. This option also makes unwarranted changes in tense. Justification for (5): Only subjects act, not objects. Only 'I' can act, not 'me'. This option corrects the error of object being taken as a subject.

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