<p>Apparently (impressed with) our plans, the foundation awarded (Carlos and I) a grant (to establish) a network of community centers (throughout the city). (No error)</p>
<p>The error is at (Carlos and I), but I can't really understand why. Thanks!</p>
<p>do you say awarded I or awarded me?</p>
<p>I: subjective form pronoun. As the name implies, use subjective form pronouns as the subject of clauses. Subjects perform actions. </p>
<p>Me: objective form pronoun. As the name implies, use objective form pronouns as the object of clauses. Subjects perform actions upon objects. </p>
<p>“The foundation awarded Carlos and I” (Wrong)</p>
<p>Subject: The foundation
Verb: awarded
I: subjective form pronoun (Wrong)</p>
<p>The subject cannot perform an action on a subjective form pronoun. Change I to me. </p>
<p>There are more subjective and objective pronouns than I/me, so make sure to look up all the subjective/objective pronouns and memorize them.</p>
<p>I think the easy way to remember is to rephrase it as Jwisgod suggested. “The foundation awarded I a grant” is obviously wrong. “The foundation awarded me a grant” is correct. That doesn’t change when “Carlos and” is inserted into the sentence.</p>
<p>Indeed, just get rid of “Carlos and” and you’ll see the mistake immediately. It is also good to remember that subjective pronouns (“I”) are used as the subject, therefore “I” should be performing the action “awarded,” which is not the case.</p>