Grammar and Grace

Choose the Correct Pronoun by Hope Toler Dougherty

February 19, 2018

Please stop using pronouns wrong!

Between you and I, I’m sick of people using the wrong pronoun. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!

Don’t invite Kevin and I to a Super Bowl party this year.  Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!

Are you guilty of saying or writing sentences like the previous ones? You are not alone. I hear TV news anchors torture the language with the wrong pronoun. No, you’re not alone, but you are wrong.  You can, however, learn to use pronouns properly.

Here’s a post that explains correct usage:

https://www.almostanauthor.com/choose-correct-pronoun/.

And here’s one more post just in case you need more explanation about pronouns:

What are Pronouns?

You can learn the correct form. I’m sure of it.

Good luck and happy writing!

Hope Toler Dougherty holds a Master’s degree in English and taught at East Carolina University and York Technical College. Her publications include three novels Irish Encounter and Mars…With Venus Rising, and Rescued Hearts as well as nonfiction articles. A member of ACFW, RWA, and SinC, she writes for SeriousWriter.com. She and her husband live in North Carolina and enjoy visits with their two daughters and twin sons.

Author of Rescued Hearts
               Irish Encounter
              Mars…With Venus Rising
Visit Hope at www.hopetolerdougherty.com

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1 Comment

  • Reply Holland Webb February 19, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    Between you and I, Hope, this pronoun usage starts to befuddle my mind. Us writers have to learn so many rules. When me and my friends were in school, teachers emphasized the subject pronouns and acted as if object pronouns had developed only for the linguistic benefit of mountain people with missing teeth. Of course, us kids were mountain people with missing teeth, but that didn’t stop our teachers from telling my friends and I the wrong information. Thank you for helping we to correct it.

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