correct personal pronoun usage

The following is a sentence that may or not be correct in its use of a pronoun.

"I had spoken to she and her friend."

Is (she) being used correctly?

[A.Russell]

Originally Posted by w_g_ehenderson

The following is a sentence that may or not be correct in its use of a pronoun.

"I had spoken to she and her friend."

Is (she) being used correctly?

That should be "her and her friend."

You could say:
She and her friend had been spoken to by I.

You couldn't say:
I had spoken to she.

[izabela]

Hi,

No, this is not correct. You should use 'her'. It would be of course better if you used at least one name in such a sentence, for example, 'I had spoken to Lisa and her friend.

A sentence, 'I had spoken to her and her friend' could be used if speakers knew who is being talked about.

Iza

Originally Posted by w_g_ehenderson

The following is a sentence that may or not be correct in its use of a pronoun.

"I had spoken to she and her friend."

Is (she) being used correctly?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by A.Russell

You could say:
She and her friend had been spoken to by I.

You couldn't say:
I had spoken to she.

You can't say "by I". That should be "by me". The object of a preposition must be in the objective case. :wink: