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 ...

Direct object pronouns are used to replace a noun that is the direct object of the verb. They are used when talking about who or what an action is done to. For example, in the sentence 'I bought the ...

Two weeks ago, we started the series on word classes. And last week, we delved into report writing. I thought it would be useful to intersperse the series, so we go back to word classes this week. We ...

I fielded a question recently about one of my favorite subjects: “whomever.” Here’s the email: “Normally I have no difficulty with who/whom. I do when it comes to a sentence like ‘Give it to ...