I have struggled with this quite a bit, even as someone pretty advanced in English. It’s been explained to me many times, but nothing is making sense.
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Does the sentence make sense if you take [person] out?
*Jane and me went to the store*
or
*Me went to the store.*
Nope, so it’s “Jane and I went to the store”.
*Can you get tickets for Marcos and I?*
Or
*Can you get tickets for I?*
Nope, so it’s the former.
That’s how I remember it.
One says “we are doing something” and the other says “some is happening to us”.
The easy way to remember it is the “are” vs. “to” test.
Dugwin and I **are** going shopping – sounds good.
Dugwin and me **are** going shopping – nope that’s wrong.
“New Jersey is disgusting” everyone shouted **to** Dugwin and I – nope that’s wrong.
“New Jersey is disgusting” everyone shouted **to** Dugwin and me – sounds good.
Similarly is *We* vs. Us*.*
Us **are** going shopping – nope that’s wrong.
We **are** going shopping – sounds good.
“New Jersey is disgusting” everyone shouted to **us** – that’s good.
“New Jersey is disgusting” everyone shouted **to** we – all wrong.
The “are” test also helps with the most confusing example that most people don’t get right. Comparisons.
She is uglier than us – that’s wrong.
She is uglier than we – that’s actually right.
The trick is the remember to add the unspoken verb.
She is uglier than us **are** – ok, yeah that’s wrong.
She is uglier than we **are** – sounds good.
Three parts of a sentence (in order) are Subject Verb Object.
Subject will always use “I” when referring to yourself while Object will be “Me.”
Basically, “and I” is used when you’re talking about yourself and others as the subject of a sentence. It’s like saying, “I” am doing something along with other people.
For example: “John and I went to the park.” Here, “John and I” are the ones who went to the park. You’re including yourself as one of the people who did the action.
On the other hand, “and me” is used when you’re talking about yourself and others as the object of a sentence. It’s like saying, someone did something to “me” along with other people.
For example: “She gave the gift to Sarah and me.” Here, “Sarah and me” are the ones who received the gift. You’re including yourself as one of the people who received something.
Remember, if you’re not sure which one to use, you can try removing the other person from the sentence and see how it sounds. If it still makes sense, then you’re using the correct form.
I hope that makes it clearer for you! Let me know if you have any more questions.
So many people still screw this up!
You use “[person] and I” when they are the subject, you use “[person] and me” when they are the object. You would never use “me and [person].”
The best way to figure it out is to remove the other person and see what sounds right…
“Tom and I are going to the movies” NOT “Tom and me are going the movies” because you’d say “I am going to the movies” not “Me am going to the movies”
However, you would say “Would you like to come to the movies with Tom and me?” NOT “Would you like to come to the movies with Tom and I?” Because you wouldn’t ask “Would you like to come to the movies with I?”
And I’s is never, never, never a correct possessive! The word is My…
“I” perform an action.
Someone else performs an action on/to/with/for “me.”
>Jill drove to the mall.
>I drove to the mall.
>Jill and I drove to the mall.
>A nice gentleman held the door open for me.
>A nice gentleman held the door open for Jill.
>A nice gentleman held the door open for me and Jill.
“I” always follows the co-subject. “Me” always precedes the co-object.
As the object of the verb (ie, at the end of the sentence), _[person] and me_ is correct, and _[person] and I_ is not. As the subject, they’re the same. However, _[person] and me_ will usually sound more natural in contemporary English. You may prefer to use _[person] and I_ but outside of formal settings it might be perceived as fussy and old fashioned.
Some people will claim _[person] and me_ is incorrect, based on grammatical rules of verb conjugations, but this is a misunderstanding of how language operates. We don’t set the rules and then conform our speech to them. We speak as comes naturally from observing and imitating each other, then look for rules that describe what we already do. If the way we speak changes over time or in different settings, then those rules are no longer correct.
A lot of people are giving tips they learned as a native speaker. These aren’t going to be as useful to you, assuming you aren’t a native since you used the term advanced.
The correct answer is that I is the nominative form of the first person singular pronoun and me is the accusative form of the first person singular pronoun. English only uses the accusative case for a few pronouns(off the top of my head they are me, her, him, us, whom, them), but if you speak any number of languages, such as Russian, then you will already understand the accusative case well. Nominative is the subject, and accusative is the direct object.
“I” when you are the one doing something.
“Me” when something is being done to you.
So:
* “**I** went to the store” because you are the one *doing something* – you are going to the store. This means it would also be “Person and I went to the store”.
* “The cashier waved to **me**” because the cashier is the one doing something (they are waving), and it is *being done to you* (they are waving *at you*). This means it would also be “The cashier waved to Person and me”.
Say it without the other person first.
“I went to the restaurant.”
“me went to the restaurant.”
“He got tickets for me.”
“He got tickets for I.”
So where “I” is right, “[person] and I” is also right. Where “me” is right, “[person] and me” is also right.
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