The Case of English Pronouns Of the following eight sentences, which contain grammatically possible uses of English pronouns? My husband and I went to the movies. Me and my husband went to the movies. Send the package to my husband and me. Send the package to my husband and I. The woman is she. The woman is her. His mother [Read Full Article...]
English Personal Pronouns Pronouns are small words that can take the place of nouns and noun phrases. Personal pronouns are pronouns that take the place of common and proper nouns. The English personal pronoun system includes four types of pronouns: subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns. Pronouns in English can perform five different grammatical subjects depending on [Read Full Article...]
Prescriptive Rule for Relative Pronouns According to the prescriptive grammar rule, the relative pronoun who should be used for people, and the relative pronoun that should be used for places and things. But why? I, as a native English speaker, say and hear both the person who and the person that. The difference to me and most native English speakers [Read Full Article...]
English Pronouns Most native English speakers can recall (with some trepidation) the days of fill-in-the-blank grammar exercises. Consider with me the following sentences: A good student always turns ___ homework in on time. One should always wash ___ hands before eating. Apparently someone called for you; ___ asked you to call ___ back. According to the prescriptive grammars dictating the [Read Full Article...]