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Is it ever proper to say me and someone?
Both can be correct. The rule is basically that you use the same form that you’d use if you were the only person involved. If you were talking about ownership of a car, you’d say “That car belongs to me”, or if you shared ownership of it, “That car belongs to my wife and me.”
Do you say Jim and I or Jim?
The misuse of “I” and “myself” for “me” is caused by nervousness about “me.” Educated people know that “Jim and me are goin’ down to slop the hogs,” is not elegant speech, not “correct.” It should be “Jim and I” because if I were slopping the hogs alone I would never say “Me is going. . . .” If you refer to yourself …
Which is correct, “you and I” or “you and Me”?
In standard English, it’s grammatically correct to say ‘between you and me’ and incorrect to say ‘between you and I’. The reason for this is that a preposition such as between should be followed by an objective pronoun (such as me, him, her, and us) rather than a subjective pronoun (such as I, he, she, and we).
How to correctly use Me, Myself and I?
Objective Case Pronoun “Me”
What is the correct use of Me and I?
Proper Use of “Me” and “I”. Two of the most common words used incorrectly, both in written material and in speech, are “me” and “I.”. Technically, “I” is a nominative pronoun used as a subject of a sentence, while “me” is an objective pronoun, used as an object.
When to use “I” and when to use “me”?
The grammar rule is that you should use “I” when the word you are using is the subject of the sentence and you should use “me” when the word is the object of the sentence. However, if you never had to diagram a sentence, remembering the difference between the subject and object may be a challenge.