... whoever when the pronoun is the predicate nominative • The winner was who? • No one knew who the loser was Use whom or whomever when the pronoun is the direct object of a verb or the object of ... Powers to deal with it? (What s the "it"—victory or the defeated?) Likewise, with them? (Who's the "them" the victors, the defeated, or each other?) Roosevelt miscalculates, choosing to trust him ... to the office manager; the pronoun "they" refers to the "keyboards." Tag, You're It How about giving it a shot? Rewrite each of the following sentences to make the pronouns clearly refer to their...