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me or I ???
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gulsahbilge67
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me or I ???
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Hi everybody !
I �ve a question. It seems easy but I cannot be sure. I �m waiting for native speakers to make it clear.
"Me and my students" or "me and my family" or "me and my friends"
I know me is an object indeed. However, such an expression seems quite well to me, but I �m not sure totally.
Is it correct? Imagine that you name a photo album. And you do not make a full sentence. Can we use me in such utterences or do you think we had better use "I" instead of "me" ?
Thanks right now.
G�lşah
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25 Jan 2014
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ConanGon
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Hello everybody,Dear Gulsahbilge67, Look, we can �t say that your phrase is incorrect. I �ll explain for you to get the idea: You can say "My family and I" or "My students and I"... when these phrases are part of the subject: e.g: My family and I visited Istanbul. It is a part of the subject. However, you can say "My family and me".... when these phrases are part of the object: e.g: Ferit invited my family and me. IT is a part of the object. I hope you get the idea Please, check for other answers for more clarifications.
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25 Jan 2014
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MoodyMoody
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Native speakers do use expressions such as "me and my family" all the time. It �s still grammatically a mistake, as you already knew. Using "me" as a subject in conjunction with another person or a group is linguistically like wearing a t-shirt that �s full of holes. If you want to use it at all, it �s best left to very casual situations with other people who will use expressions that aren �t the best grammar. It �s better manners to put yourself after others, and better grammar to use I for a subject and me for an object.
On a related note, it bothers me just as much to hear "I" as an object. I have to grit my teeth every time I hear my husband say "between you and I." |
25 Jan 2014
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Apodo
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If naming an album it would sound OK to use �Me and my Family � as a title.
Think of it as:
(This album is of) me and my family.
But I would never use it as the subject of a sentence when writing or speaking.
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25 Jan 2014
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cunliffe
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The rule of thumb is ..take out the other person, would you write I or me? (same with the other subject pronouns)
So, �Me and my students had a good lesson � take out �my students � and you see that is awkward - it should be �I � - and �I � should come second. �My students and I had a good lesson. �
�The headteacher told my students and I to shut up � take out �my students � and it should be �me �. As ConanGol explains quite nicely.
This is just in writing. In speech, people use �me � as a subject all the time. For example, �Me and Steve went to the pictures last night. � �Steve and I � would sound ridiculously formal.
However, I am with MoodyMoody about �I � being used as an object. It sounds very pompous when actually it shows a lack of knowledge of the conventions. As for �Between you and I � - yuck! |
26 Jan 2014
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