Grammar Helper: I vs. Me
This is part of the series:
- Grammar Helper
- Grammar Helper: Ensure, Assure, Insure
- Grammar Helper: There, Their, They're
- Grammar Helper: Appraise vs. Apprise
- Grammar Helper: Idea vs. Ideal
- Grammar Helper: Commas in a series
- Grammar Helper: Who and Whom (simple version)
- Grammar Helper: I vs. Me
- Writing Help: Who's vs. Whose
- Writing Helper: Just Thinking to Myself
- Writing Helper: Poor and Pour, Then and Than
- Grammar Helper: Its vs It's
- Writing Helper: Breath vs. Breathe, Bath vs. Bathe
- Cite, sight and site
- Writing Helper: Stationary vs. Stationery
- Writing Helper: Lose vs. Loose
- Avoiding the Passive Voice
- Possessive vs. Plural: Getting it Right
- Writing Helper: A lot
- Writing Helper: Bath vs Bathe
- Writing Helper: Choose vs Chose
- Writing Helper: Idea vs. Ideal
I think this one somehow takes hold when we’re kids. A child says, “Billy and me want to go out.” He’s immediately told to say, “Billy and I.” That takes hold, and he says “Billy and I” all the time, whether it’s appropriate or not.
This one is simple. When using I or me with a name or another pronoun, ignore the other name or pronoun! Choose I or me as you would normally if it were standing alone.
- Billy and I/me want to play.
becomes
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Billy andI/me want to play.
Obviously, “I” is the correct choice.
- Give the toys to Billy and I/me.
becomes
- Give the toys to
Billy andI/me.
This time, “me” is correct. You’d never say, “Give the toys to I.”
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