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Pronoun Errors

Common Errors intermediate medium

Wrong pronoun case, agreement or who/whom confusion.

Common Errors — Frequent mistakes Indian learners make.

Rules

1. Subject pronouns (I, he, she, we, they) for subjects; object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them) for objects. 2. The pronoun must agree with its antecedent: Ravi lost his book. 3. Who (subject) vs whom (object). 4. After a preposition use the object form: between you and me. 5. Each/everyone take a singular pronoun: Everyone must bring his or her book.

Explanation

Common errors: "Me and my friend went" (use "My friend and I went"); "between you and I" (use "me" after a preposition).

हिंदी में

सर्वनाम की आम गलतियाँ — कर्ता/कर्म रूपों का गलत प्रयोग, antecedent से मेल न होना, who/whom का भ्रम।

Examples

My friend and I went to the market. — मैं और मेरा दोस्त बाज़ार गए।
This is the boy who won the prize. — यह वह लड़का है जिसने पुरस्कार जीता।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"Between you and I, this is wrong.","correction":"Between you and me, this is wrong.","note":"After a preposition use the object form."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Which sentence contains a pronoun error? 1) This is the boy who won the prize. 2) The book which I bought is costly. 3) The woman whom you met is my aunt. 4) The car who broke down was old.

Answer: 4

💡 'Who' refers to people, not things → 'The car which/that broke down was old.'

Q2. Which sentence contains a pronoun error? 1) Everyone must bring their own book. 2) Each student submitted his work. 3) The cat washed itself. 4) I saw her at the market.

Answer: 1

💡 Traditionally 'everyone' is singular → 'his or her book'; modern usage increasingly accepts 'their'.

Q3. Which sentence contains a pronoun error? 1) Me and my friend went to the fair. 2) She and I are classmates. 3) He bought a gift for me. 4) They invited us to dinner.

Answer: 1

💡 As subject, use 'I': 'My friend and I went to the fair.'

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Common Article Errors	intermediate	Frequent mistakes with a, an and the.
Common Verb Errors	intermediate	Frequent mistakes with verb forms and choices.
Subject-Verb Errors	intermediate	When the verb does not agree with its true subject.
Tense Errors	intermediate	Mixing up tenses: present perfect vs past simple, state verbs, if-clauses.
Word Order Errors	elementary	Placing words in the English Subject–Verb–Object order.
Preposition Errors	intermediate	Wrong prepositions after verbs, adjectives and time expressions.