“Contractions started kicking in, and we found a great rhythm. We had a 14-hour session, her and I did. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it. We danced to it. I was DJing this native Brazilian music.” - Matthew McConaughey, describing his girlfriend Camila Alves’ labor
Matthew has made [...]
“Barbies have really cool couture clothes in Japan. They made Barbies of Haylie and I and we got to design the clothes and it was really cool.” - Hilary Duff, on the line of doll clothing she designed with her sister
Hilary has used a subjective pronoun as the object of a preposition. In the prepositional [...]
“There are many parallels between my son and I. We both wear diapers. I don’t have a problem, but I’m too lazy to go to the bathroom. It saves me time.” - Will Ferrell, in In Touch Weekly
Will has incorrectly used a subjective pronoun as the object of a preposition.
In the first sentence of [...]
“Fatherhood only changes you if you allow it to change you. I kind of avoided changing me for a while. I just know that I have somebody who, for the first time in my life, I’m in love with, and it’s going to last.” - Colin Farrell, in OK Magazine
Colin has made two pronoun errors. [...]
“I shaved my head when I was 17. I sold it for $500 to a famous Broadway wigmaker. My mother and my brother were so thrilled because my hair had always been so greasy and I always wore it in my face.” - Chloe Sevigny, in US Weekly
Chloe has made a confusing statement. She has [...]
“I was not the kind of artist that had my mommy hold my hand and my daddy managing my career.” - Christina Aguilera in GQ
This sentence contains two errors: an error in pronoun choice and an error in parallelism.
The pronoun “that” refers to “kind of artist.” An artist is a person, so the correct pronoun [...]
“I always thought I’d be that girl that lives with no regrets. I have regrets.” - Courtney Love
Courtney has used an incorrect relative pronoun.
In the noun phrase “girl that lives with no regrets,” the relative pronoun “that” refers to “girl.” This is incorrect because “that” should be used to refer only to animals and things. [...]
“No. I mean, we all are either married or have boyfriends in the film, and there are guys, too. It’s us three actresses and a female producer at the moment. We’re looking for a [director of photography] right now and are looking at some females, but it really depends when whomever is available and is [...]
“What luxury item would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It’s true. I’d miss me.” - Simon Cowell, in In Touch
Simon has used an incorrect pronoun. He chose the pronoun “me” to refer to the subject “I.” When the subject and the object in a sentence are the same, a reflexive pronoun should [...]
“Me, Kanye, Timbaland and Pharrell are the ones that make music people want to hear.” - Justin Timberlake, on his ability to set trends in the same way as Kanye West, Timbaland (Timothy Mosley), and Pharrell Williams
Justin has used an objective personal pronoun as the subject of this sentence. He has also chosen an incorrect [...]
