There's nothing like a good rant!

I'm fairly tolerant of many things in this world, but one thing that gets my goat is the improper use of pronouns in their roles as subjects and objects. This is VERY simple and I feel like if I don't highlight the issue, we are going to have a world of ignorant people. So today's blog is a grammar lesson.

Pronouns:

Singular-------------- Plural
I ------------- --------We
You ------------------ You (pl.)
He/She/It ------------They

Example:
You're answering the phone: "This is she." (Correct)
"This is her." (WRONG!!)

All of these would be used as subjects and predicate nominatives. They will NOT be the object of action verbs. They also WILL not be the objects of prepositions.

The proper Pronouns to use as objects are as follows:

Singular -------------Plural
Me ----------------- Us
You ---------------- You (pl.)
Him/Her/It -------- Them

The problem for most people is prepositions. Here is a list of common prepositions that MUST be followed with an object...

about	behind	from	on	toward
above	below	in	on top of	under
across	beneath	in front of	onto	underneath
after	beside	inside	out of	until
against	between	instead of	outside	up
along	by	into	over	upon
among	down	like	past	with
around	during	near	since	within
at	except	of	through	without
before	for	off	to

Any time you use one of these USE AN OBJECT!!!

Example:
"Let's just keep this between you and me." (Correct)
"Let's just keep this between you and I." (Wrong all over the place!!)


The proper usage of WHO/WHOM.

Who is used as a subject or a predicate Nominative. That's it.
Whom is used as an object, object of a preposition, and anything else that you need it for, just not a subject.

Example:
The present is for whom? (Correct) It follows the preposition (for).
Edith Wharton, by whom the book Summer was written, died an old lady. (Correct) Whom follows the preposition (by).

This really is not hard!! Let's get it right. There is no excuse for me having to hear thinks like...
"between you and I", From who, to who, for who, by who.... problems!!

There is a difference between WHO and WHOM.. They are absolutely not interchangeable and should not be substituted with "which" because they are powerful on their own. Ok, that was my rant. Please pass on to your friends. :)