Grammar Quiz #23: Pronous

Correct errors of pronoun use in the following sentences.

1. Do you want to go with Hamed and myself to the park?

2. Last summer, the Retys were extremely kind to my family and I when we stayed with them.

3. If it snows, me and the children will take our sleds to the hill behind the school.

4. Be sure to remind the children that too much horseplay could cause them to hurt theirselves.

5. The coach of the boys’ basketball team said, “I expect everyone to do their best in the game tonight.”

Answers and Explanations

1.
Original: Do you want to go with Hamed and myself to the park?
Correct : Do you want to go with Hamed and me to the park?

Pronouns used as the object of a preposition take the object form. “Hamed and me” is the compound object of the preposition with.

2.
Original: Last summer, the Retys were extremely kind to my family and I when we stayed with them.
Correct : Last summer, the Retys were extremely kind to my family and me when we stayed with them.

“To my family and me” is the object of the preposition to.

3.
Original: If it snows, me and the children will take our sleds to the hill behind the school.
Correct : If it snows, the children and I will take our sleds to the hill behind the school.

Pronouns used as the subject of a verb take the subject form. “the children and I” is a compound subject.

4.
Original: Be sure to remind the children that too much horseplay could cause them to hurt theirselves.
Correct : Be sure to remind the children that too much horseplay could cause them to hurt themselves.

Although sometimes heard, theirselves is a nonstandard form of themselves.

5.
Original: The coach of the boys’ basketball team said, “I expect everyone to do their best in the game tonight.”
Correct : The coach of the boys’ basketball team said, “I expect everyone to do his best in the game tonight.”

Although “their” is commonly used with a singular pronoun like “everyone,” when the context makes it clear that only one gender is being referred to, there’s no reason not to use a singular possessive adjective.

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