English grammar error-spotting (pronoun case after ‘‘between’’): Identify the part with the error; check objective case after prepositions and overall clause balance: ‘‘Please try to understand / that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself, / and concerns nobody else. / No error.’’
Verbal Ability
Spotting Errors
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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APlease try to understand
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Bthat the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself,
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Cand concerns nobody else.
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DNo error.
Answer
Correct Answer: that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself,
Explanation
Given data
- A: ‘‘Please try to understand’’
- B: ‘‘that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself,’’
- C: ‘‘and concerns nobody else.’’
- D: ‘‘No error.’’
Concept / ApproachAfter a preposition (‘‘between’’), use the objective case pronoun: ‘‘me’’ not ‘‘myself’’ (a reflexive form that must refer back to ‘‘I’’ in the same clause, which is absent here).
Step-by-Step evaluationPart B is incorrect; it should be ‘‘between my brother and me’’.
Correction‘‘Please try to understand that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and me, and concerns nobody else.’’
Common pitfalls
- Overusing ‘‘myself’’ for formality where simple objective case is required.
Final Answerthat the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself,