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Chapter 6 of 13
Pronouns
Standing in without confusion.
Who and whom
Who is the subject and whom is the object. Answer the question with he or him: if him fits, whom is right, which is the test that survives every complicated sentence.
- Between you and me is correct, because a preposition takes the object form.
- They as a singular pronoun has been standard English for centuries.
Clear reference
A pronoun should point at one obvious noun. If a sentence has two candidates, repeat the noun rather than making the reader guess.