he himshe herthey themwe uswho whomThe words on the left are subjects. They are used to describe the person who
is doing the action in a sentence. The words on the right are objects. They
receive the action that the subject does. This sounds like an easy distinction,
right? In fact, we mess this up ALL THE TIME.
Example 1:
Julio and me were down by the schoolyard.
Always simplify these sentences. Does “Me was in the schoolyard” sound
right? No. “I was in the schoolyard.”
Correct: Julio and I were down by the schoolyard.
Example 2:
The SAT writing section was easy for Huey and he because they had read Up
Your Score.
“The SAT writing section was easy for he” should sound wrong to you. If it
doesn’t sound wrong, then recognize that the word he represents an object in the
sentence and therefore should be him.
Correct: The SAT writing section was easy for Huey and him because they had
read Up Your Score.
Example 3:
Let’s do an SAT-style question.
The dog and him are eating pizza.