"Me and Bobby McGee" grammatical

Hi,

Is the song title "Me and Bobby McGee" an example of incorrect usage? Me, and Arnold Zwicky, think/s not. Zwicky says that because "me and Bobby McGee", in the song, is the object of a preposition, it is grammatical, and I agree with him.

What do you think? 'Me' is fine.


Best wishes, Clive





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It doesn't matter whether it is the object or the subject, it would be fine anyway. I wonder why you are even asking this question.

KooyeenIt doesn't matter whether it is the object or the subject, it would be fine anyway. I wonder why you are even asking this question.

Fine? Even for the prescriptivists? How so?

Thanks for the repsonse, Clive. How about in "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard", by Paul Simon?

Anonymous

KooyeenIt doesn't matter whether it is the object or the subject, it would be fine anyway. I wonder why you are even asking this question.

Fine? Even for the prescriptivists? How so?

Why should you care about prescriptivists?

In the version by P!nk, the title is ungrammatical.

In all the other versions, it's fine.

MrP

Hi,

How about in "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard", by Paul Simon?

You have to look at that phrase in the context of the relevant sentence in the lyrics, which is this.

See you, me and julio
Down by the schoolyard

See you.

See me.

See Julio.

These all seem to be objects. 'Me' is fine.

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AnonymousFine? Even for the prescriptivists? How so?

Prescriptivists today are sailing against the gales of mediocrity, adrift in the vast oceans of literary ignorance, besieged by the vicious onslaughts of rap, dialect, and urbandictionary.

<Why should you care about prescriptivists?>

You think they have no power?

See you, me and Julio, down by the school yard

"See you" could mean "Julio and I will see you down by the schoolyard".