The headline reads:
A family affair for Boris as sister Rachel arrives at he and Carrie's wedding celebration party.
Is the subjective 'he' after the proposition 'at' incorrect?
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3No, it isn't correct. It should be "his and Carrie's wedding celebration" or less clumsy as "their wedding celebration". To use 'he' a sentence might be "He and Carrie held a wedding celebration party." – Weather Vane Jul 30 '22 at 19:23
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Guess what Victor Meldrew would say if he read that! :) – fev Jul 30 '22 at 19:26
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I don't believe it – Weather Vane Jul 30 '22 at 19:27
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There is a weird superstition in English that, whenever a pronoun is yoked by ‘and’ with either a noun or another pronoun, it must be nominative (he, I etc.). Calling this nonsense may be the sin of prescriptivism, but logic argues for using the same form as if the other partner (Carrie's) were not there. – Anton Sherwood Jul 30 '22 at 22:25
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3@WeatherVane - Surely not their in this sentence - it would sound as though he had married his sister! – Kate Bunting Jul 31 '22 at 07:41
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@AntonSherwood I suspect it comes from the non-pronoun version being "Boris and Carrie's wedding" -- since "Boris" isn't a possessive, it may seem natural to replace it with a nominative pronoun. – Barmar Aug 01 '22 at 22:20
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@Barmar That would explain “he and Carrie's” but not “my sister and I's” (which I read recently). – Anton Sherwood Aug 02 '22 at 03:50
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May we not drop Carrie, then look again at 'he wedding'? Could that work? How? – Robbie Goodwin Sep 08 '22 at 20:04