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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Personal Pronouns
Among the oldest words in English are the personal pronouns
and they. Two of the personal pronouns,
as either subject or object:
See that goat? It bit me. (
I hear a bee. Do you see
There’s a poisonous spider. Step on
You agree with Charlie on everything. (
That car just missed you
This information must remain between
preposition between.)
Five of the personal pronouns have two forms each: a subject form
(I, he, she, we, they) and an object form (
The most common errors occur when subject and object forms are reversed.
Two additional errors that seem to be increasing are
1.) Replacing a personal pronoun with a pronoun ending in
2.) using a personal pronoun in a context that calls for a possessive adjective.
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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Personal Pronouns
Among the oldest words in English are the personal pronouns I, you, he,
personal pronouns, you and it, have only one form that is used
bit me. (It is the subject of the verb bit.)
I hear a bee. Do you see it? (It is the object of the verb see.)
There’s a poisonous spider. Step on it! (It is the object of the preposition
agree with Charlie on everything. (You is the subject of the verb
you. (You is the object of the verb missed.)
This information must remain between you and me. (You is the object of the
Five of the personal pronouns have two forms each: a subject form
) and an object form (me, him, her, us, them).
The most common errors occur when subject and object forms are reversed.
additional errors that seem to be increasing are:
1.) Replacing a personal pronoun with a pronoun ending in -self ,and
2.) using a personal pronoun in a context that calls for a possessive adjective.
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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Personal Pronouns
, she, it, we,
have only one form that is used
is the object of the preposition on)
is the subject of the verb agree)
the object of the
The most common errors occur when subject and object forms are reversed.
2.) using a personal pronoun in a context that calls for a possessive adjective.