It's just that some constructions involving personal pronouns have remained debatable or problematic despite the existing grammar rules for them. To most people, however, using the personal pronoun's objective form ("me," "them") comes much more naturally: "It is me." Using personal pronouns after "as...as." Next week, this column will take up just a few more troublesome aspects of personal pronoun usage before we wind up with the subject. Read this column and listen to its voice recording in The Manila Times: "Dealing with problematic pronoun usage – 1"Next, May 25, 2023: "Dealing with problematic pronoun usage- 2"Visit Jose Carillo's English Forum, http://josecarilloforum.com.

Source: Manila Times May 17, 2023 17:03 UTC