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Elizabeth Corcoran Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"Her and I" or "Me and Her"?

While writing about yourself and someone else, which is grammatically correct? "Her and I" or "Me and her"?
  

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" The first person ("I") puts himself last. She and I talked to the principal yesterday. The principal talked to her and me yesterday.

— Deadrat

  • " The first person ("I") puts himself last.
  • She and I talked to the principal yesterday.
  • The principal talked to her and me yesterday.
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If the two of you are subjects, it's "She and I"; if objects, "her and me." The first person ("I") puts himself last.

She and I talked to the principal yesterday.
The principal talked to her and me yesterday.

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Elizabeth Corcoran"Her and I"
This is just much more formal.
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Anonymous Elizabeth Corcoran"Her and I"This is just much more formal.
No, that is incorrect. You cannot start a sentence that way.
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"I" and "she" are used in the subject position; "me" and "her" are used in the object position. The fact that pronouns are combined by "and" should make no difference to this choice. For example: "She and I are going together", "They asked me and her to come". The combination "her and I" is mismatched.

In colloquial speech, however, native speakers can deviate from what appear to be the l
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