Question

Give your umbrella so that I can repair it me.
Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
A. Give your umbrella me so that I can repair it.
B. So that I can repair it, give your umbrella me.
C. Give me your umbrella so that I can repair it.
D. No Change

Answer 1

Hint: Pronouns like me, you, they, he, she etc are placed either after the main verb or a preposition must be placed between the object and the pronoun.
Example: Give me something to eat. I’m starving! or Give something to me to eat. I’m starving!

Complete step by step answer:
Option a – Give your umbrella me so that I can repair it.:
This option has a misplaced object ‘me’. Me is a pronoun used as an object after a verb or a preposition.
Example: Blame it on me, I messed up in the exams.
Option b – So that I can repair it, give your umbrella me:
Just like the option ‘a’ this option also has a misplaced object. Me as a pronoun has to be used after a verb or a preposition, thus making the speaker of the sentence the object too.
Option c – Give me your umbrella so that I can repair it:
This option has the proper usage of the pronoun ‘me’ as an object after the verb ‘give’. The rest of the entire sentence is correct.
Example: Give me your number so that I can call you later.
Option d – No Change:
The sentence in the question has a misplaced pronoun. ‘It’ is a pronoun which is followed by another pronoun ‘me’. ‘Me’ should have been either omitted or should have been placed after the verb ‘give’ – give your umbrella so that I can fix it.

Thus, the correct option is ‘c’ – give me your umbrella so that I can repair it.

Note:
All the other three options i.e. option a, b and d have the common mistake i.e. pronoun ‘me’, which is the object of the sentence, has been used at the wrong place. It either has been used after the object ‘umbrella’ or the pronoun ‘it’. Only the option ‘c’ has it in the right place.