One of my guilty pleasures is watching reality TV. I am particularly hooked on two dating shows: 90 Day FiancĂ© and Married at First Sight. For some time, I have noticed that some of the participants on these shows have a ridiculously hard time finding the right pronouns. Hence, the title of this blog. Hint — you don’t want to say, “David and I’s Honeymoon.” Neither do you want to say, “David and Mine Honeymoon,” another variation I hear often.
What’s the
right term? There are lots of different ways we could phrase that. Let’s start
with “David and My Honeymoon” or “My Honeymoon and David’s.”
When we get
into trouble with pronouns like this, sometimes the easiest thing to do is to
revise the sentence and turn it into something that we know is right, e.g.,
“Our Honeymoon” or “My Honeymoon with David.” Can’t go wrong there.
