Common errors in pronoun in English grammar is for all competitive exams. Very useful for competitive English notes.
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1. When two or more singular nouns are joined by ‘and’, the pronoun used for them must be plural.
E.g: Anjali and Priya went to school. Their school is English medium.
2. When two singular nouns joined by ‘and’ refer to the same person or thing, the pronoun should be singular.
E.g: The teacher and head master is doing his work sincerely.
3. When two singular nouns joined by ‘and’ are preceded by ‘each’ or ‘every’, then the pronoun must be singular.
E.g: Every clerk and every teacher was in his office room.
4. When two or more singular nouns are joined by ‘or’, either…..or, neither……nor, the pronoun is generally singular.
E.g: 1. Neither Vedant nor Manish has completed his homework.
2. Either Sham or Jayaram must help his father.
5. When a plural and a singular noun are joined by ‘or’ or ‘nor’, the pronoun must be in the plural.
E.g: Either principal or his assistants tried to do their duty.
6. Don’t use object pronouns in place of subject pronouns.
1. Sham and me went to temple. (incorrect)
Sham and I went to temple. (correct)
2. Him and me ready to go now. (incorrect)
He and I ready to go now. (correct)
7. Don’t use subject pronouns in place of object pronouns.
1. He met Shreya and I. (incorrect)
He met Shreya and me. (correct)
2. Asha sat between you and I. (incorrect)
Asha sat between you and me. (correct)
Some exercise on pronoun errors:
1. Let Manoj and I go to his room. (incorrect)
Let Manoj and me go to his room. (correct)
2. Our’s is not a large office. (incorrect)
Ours is not a large office. (correct)
3. It was me who saw him first. (incorrect)
It was I who saw him first. (correct)
4. Either Ram or Subhash will lend their book to me. (incorrect)
Either Ram or Subhash will lend his book to me. (correct)
5. Pavan is more intelligent than me. (incorrect)
Pavan is more intelligent than I. (correct)
6. Every man must do their duty. (incorrect)
Every man must do his duty. (correct)
7. It is him who did it. (incorrect)
It is he who do it. (correct)
8. This is the bird who sings. (incorrect)
This is the bird which sings. (correct)
9. Return each their note book. (incorrect)
Return each his note book. (correct)
10. All of we went to the garden. (incorrect)
All of us went to the garden. (correct)
11. He, I and you will help the poor. (incorrect)
You, he and I will help the poor. (correct)
12. Each of these boys play chess well. (incorrect)
Each of these boys plays chess well. (correct)
13. Both the brothers helped one another. (incorrect)
Both the brothers helped each other. (correct)
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