Ever since the first time we got scolded for saying “Bobby and me were riding our bikes,” most of us have understood that pronouns are serious business. The swift correction we got made that clear.
Betsy in Albany had a great question about "I" versus "me." Consider the sentence: "John's hidden agenda was to make George and I say nice things about him." Should that "I" be "me"? I talk a lot here ...
There’s a difference between me and I. In casual conversation, most people I know don’t worry too much about sounding proper. They don’t bother with “whom.” They say, “There’s a lot of people here” ...
When some of us were kids, we'd get corrected if we announced to our mothers or teachers a sentence along the lines of: "Me and her are going snake-hunting in the creek." "It's 'she and I,'" they'd ...
Je mange une pomme - I’m eating an apple. Je is the subject, the person who is doing the action. Une pomme is the object because it is on the receiving end of the action.
You may not have heard the term "reflexive pronoun" but you're probably already using it. Find out more about reflexive pronouns in this lesson. Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. Reflexive ...