PERSONAL PRONOUNS: COMPLEMENT OF THE PREPOSITION

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS: COMPLEMENT OF THE PREPOSITION

Between you and ~I~, did you do it (nonstandard)?
Between you and *me*, did you do it (standard)?

To ~we~ workers, let’s do our best to be diligent (nonstandard).
To *us* workers, let’s do our best to be diligent (standard).

For ~he~ to get it right, he must listen to correction (nonstandard).
For *him* to get it right, he must listen to correction (standard).
NOTE: Personal pronouns that come after prepositions such as “between”, “to”, and “for” should be in objective forms: me, us, him, her, them, it, they.
GAB

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