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.

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 ...

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” ...

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"? Advertisement ...

This week’s article focuses on additional uses of the pronoun for communicative contexts. We shall be considering the following types of pronouns: reflexive and intensive pronouns, interrogative ...

In English there are four words for the third person singular personal pronoun. In te reo, there's no distinction. Martin De Ruyter / Stuff COLUMN: In contemporary English there are four different ...

Years ago, when my younger daughter, Madeline, started a new job at the Public Theater in New York, the employees sat in a circle and were asked to share their names and pronouns. Nervous about making ...