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.

Generally speaking, I suggest that when we construct sentences about education technology, we try to have humans--students and teachers--as the subjects of the sentence and devices, like iPads, as ...

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.