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You and I or you and me?

5 March 2013/in Trouble-shooting tips

If you struggle to remember whether to use I or me in sentences, here’s an easy way of working it out: Repeat the sentence to yourself as if you were the only person in it.

Here are two examples:-

Original sentence:                     This would be a great present for Graham and (I or me).
Sentence with only you:           This would be a great present for me.
Correct complete sentence:    This would be a great present for Graham and me.

Original sentence:                     It would be lovely if Fiona and (I or me) could join you.
Sentence with only you:           It would be lovely if I could join you.
Correct complete sentence:    It would be lovely if Fiona and I could join you.

For those of you who may be interested in the grammar behind it, I and me are personal pronouns. I is used when the person is the subject of the sentence, me when the person is the object.

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