Bending Beckham's Pronouns, More Pronoun Infractions by Journalists

Entertainment Television, also known as E Television, presents a feature each night dishing out to the starving masses the latest gossip and news surrounding the well-pronounced American celebrity culture. In one segment called The Daily 10, Debbie Matenopoulos, one of the show's three vibrant hosts, commented on soccer player David Beckham's supposed gratitude for a bash given for Beckham and his glamorous wife, known as Posh. Matenopoulos, who holds a degree in journalism from NYU, quoted the dashing soccer player in paraphrase:

"Thank you for throwing a little party for he and Posh" Matenopoulos had him saying.

Could Beckham have actually said in gratitude, had he said anything: "Thank you for throwing a little party for I and Posh?" He well might have. Nevertheless, he would have been wrong as was Matenopoulos in her paraphrase. Even in paraphrase object pronouns have their place. As we have seen before, even indirect object pronouns are required to be in the objective case. Therefore, the correct form: Thank you for throwing a little party for me and Posh. "Party" is the direct object, "me" and "her" (Posh) serve as indirect objects.