You and Me vs You and I

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ThewordIisthefirstpersonsingular subjectpronounanditreferstotheperson performingtheactionofaverb.

Iwanttogoouttonight.

SusanandIaregoingonholiday.

SheandIneedtotellyousomething.

ThisistheoneIlike.

Meisanobjectpronoun,anditreferstothepersonthattheactionofa verbisbeingdoneto,ortowhomaprepositionrefers.

Sheaskedmetostay/He’salwaysgivenmegoodadvice.

Betweenyouandme,Ithinkhecheated.

YouneedtotalktoMikeorme.

TheconfusionusuallyoccurswhenyouhaveI/meconnectedtoanother pronounornamewith"and"or"or."

✓HarryandIarefriends.“Harry”and“I”arebothsubjectspronouns.

✗Harryandmearefriends.

✓AreyoureferringtoHarryorme.

Harryistheobjectoftheprepositiontoandmeisanobjectpronoun.

✗AreyoureferringtoHarryorI.

ThereisaneasywaytodecidewhethertouseIorme: Takeouttheotherperson,anditshouldbeclearer.

HetoldJimand(Iorme?)toarriveearly.

✗HetoldItoarriveearly?/✓Hetoldmetoarriveearly?

Whenyouand(Iorme)firstmet.

✗Whenmefirstmetyou./✓WhenIfirstmetyou.

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