A Word, Please: If you’re an object in a sentence, use ‘me’ Grammar expert June Casagrande delves into whether to choose “me” or “I” when the pronoun is an object.

Geoff Pullum pictures in his mind’s eye the crusty old editor who wrote the section on transitive verbs in a harshly judgmental style book.

Additionally, while “the essay” is no longer the direct object in the passive sentence, it is still the receiver of action. In other words, the functions of the subject and verb change, while their ...

Other experts agree. Writers who simply want to avoid sounding terrible should recast the sentences that pose these subject-object agreement problems.