Mandy: "like I'm some superstar who has stuff written about them"

“I don’t like to read about myself, but it’s not like I’m some superstar who has stuff written about them all the time.” - Mandy Moore, on her status as a celebrity

This quote contains two errors: the use of “like” as a subordinating conjunction and an error in pronoun/antecedent agreement.

“Like” is not a subordinating conjunction. In this sentence, the subordinate clause “like I’m some superstar who has stuff written about them all the time” requires a subordinating conjunction. “Like” can function as a preposition, but here it is not introducing a prepositional phrase. To correct the sentence, use a subordinating conjunction such as “as if.”

The antecedent in the second clause is “superstar,” which is singular. The referent pronoun is “their,” which is plural. To correct the sentence, use a singular referent pronoun.

This version of Mandy's statement corrects the errors:

“I don’t like to read about myself, but it’s not as if I’m some superstar who has stuff written about her all the time.”


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