Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.
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A super article, Janet and most useful. I certainly get confused, and I’m English, but funnily enough we were never taught this in school, neither were we taught when to use I or me, although that one is not nearly so tricky once you have a simple rule.
A super article, Janet and most useful. I certainly get confused, and I’m English, but funnily enough we were never taught this in school, neither were we taught when to use I or me, although that one is not nearly so tricky once you have a simple rule.
Who and whom are much trickier than the I/me subject/object errors people make eg
To whom did you give it?
Who did you give it to?
The first is, I think, correct but sounds pedantic and clumsy. The second is, perhaps, incorrect but springs readily from the lips and is very common.