From Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html)
Hypercorrection.
Hypercorrection means being so concerned with getting the grammar right that you get it wrong. For instance, we have it drilled into our heads that "Me and him went to the game" is wrong; it should be "He and I went to the game." Too many people end up thinking "He and I" is therefore more proper, and use it in inappropriate places, like "A message came for he and I" — it should be "A message came for him and me." Whom is another frequent problem for hypercorrectors; they have the sense that whom is more correct than who, and use it improperly. See also Agreement.
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