Do you say Jim and me or Jim and I?

Do you say Jim and me or Jim and I?

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 …

Do you say Alex and me or Alex and I?

It’s hard to say for sure without more context, but if “Alex and I” appears at the end of a sentence, it is most likely functioning as an object, so you probably want “me and Alex” or, in more formal situations, “Alex and me”.

What is the rule for using I or me?

Use the pronoun “I” when the person speaking is doing the action, either alone or with someone else. Use the pronoun “me” when the person speaking is receiving the action of the verb in some way, either directly or indirectly.

Do you say my wife and I or my wife and me?

The rule is that you use ‘I’ if it forms part of the subject of the verb, but ‘me’ if it’s the object or predicate. Thus it should be ‘Please join my wife and me’. But it is correct to say: ‘My wife and I are going to the theatre tonight’.

Do you say George and me or George and I?

George and myself are going to the game. If you hear anything, let George and myself know. In both cases, using ‘myself’ is wrong, since it is used in place of the subject in the first example (‘George and I are going…’) and the object in the second (‘…let George and me know’).

Is Marley and Me grammatically correct?

If it’s part of the sentence “Did you cry because of Marley and me?” then Marley & Me is correct. But if it’s part of the sentence “Marley and me were debating which one of us was going to die first and decided it was definitely Marley,” then it should be Marley & I.

Do you say Including me or including myself?

In your sentences “Including me.” is correct. “Including myself” may be correct depending how pedantic or prescriptive you want to be.

Is this correct Bob and I or Bob and Me?

Yes you are correct! The trick of removing the second person and seeing what you would say (obviously “me” in this case) proves that you are correct. Many people do make this mistake though and say “Bob and I”.

What is the subject of Me and Bob go to the store?

The phrase “Me and Bob go to the store” has a subject which is “me and Bob”. If you omit Bob, you make the subject “me”, in which case it turns to “I”. But it is a consistent rule that only when “I” is the only subject, so that it occupies the subject node of the sentence, that it appears as “I”, and in all other cases, it appears as “me”.

What is the difference between “I” and “Me”?

“I” is a subject form, while “me” is an object form. So, if your sentence would say: “Bob and I are getting married.” (Subject position in the sentence). Or, “The snow fell on Bob and me.” (Object position in the sentence) The use of the words is what determines whether “I” or “me” is the correct usage.

What is bobbob and me thinking about?

Bob and me are thinking about founding an internet company. The reverse order, X and me, is also found, but not as often. However! In schools, students are taught not to speak this way, and even though it’s natural, it’s considered non-standard English.