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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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me and I

0When browsing a friend's facebook profile, I noticed that under a photo, he had written "My friend and I".02br
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00Should "I" not be replaced by "me"?02br
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1b 00 I02b 00 is the more formal version using the subject from (I: part of subject):02br 01i 01b 00My friend and I02b 00 are here in this picture. 02i 02br 02br 00Or you could think of:02br 00This picture includes 01b 00my friend and me02b 00. 02br 00(me: part of direct object) 02br 02br 00It depends what complete sentence he had in mind, also on the degree of formality.

— Marius Hancu

  • 1b 00 I02b 00 is the more formal version using the subject from (I: part of subject):02br 01i 01b 00My friend and I02b 00 are here in this picture.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00Or you could think of:02br 00This picture includes 01b 00my friend and me02b 00.
  • 02br 00(me: part of direct object) 02br 02br 00It depends what complete sentence he had in mind, also on the degree of formality.
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1b00 I02b00 is the more formal version using the subject from (I: part of subject):02br
01i01b00My friend and I02b00 are here in this picture. 02i02br
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00Or you could think of:02br
00This picture includes 01b00my friend and me02b00. 02br
00(me: part of direct o
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Should "I" not be replaced by "me"?12br
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10You can take it the way Marius took it, that is, both "I" and "me" could be considered prescriptively grammatical. Or you can just take it the way some native speakers (or "a lot of native speakers", depending on the point of
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