Pronoun case after a preposition — Aptitude Question
Pronoun case after a preposition: Choose the correct sentence: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time target: 55 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence:
Options
- Between you and I, the plan is flawed.
- Between you and me, the plan is flawed.
- Between you and myself, the plan is flawed.
- Between yourself and I, the plan is flawed.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Between you and me, the plan is flawed.
Worked solution
- After a preposition the pronoun takes the object form.
- 'Between you and me' is correct.
- Myself is reflexive and needs an earlier 'I' in the sentence.
Answer: Between you and me, the plan is flawed.
The idea
Drop the other person and test the pronoun alone: 'between me' sounds right, 'between I' does not.
Shortcut. 'Between' is a preposition, so every pronoun after it is an object form: me, him, her, us, them. That removes both options with 'I', and 'myself' has no earlier 'I' to reflect.
Common trap. "Between you and I, the plan is flawed." — hypercorrection: 'you and I' is taught as the polite form, so it gets used everywhere, including after a preposition, which needs 'me'.