Anonymous Susan and me at Disneyland or Susan and I at Disneyland Actually, you can use either one. The first is very informal; the second is formal.
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AnonymousActually, you can use either one.
Susan and me at Disneyland or
Susan and I at Disneyland
sam1947hear my mother's voice in my headAh, yes. The mother's voice theory of grammar. Not all mother's voices are the same, though. To "Who's there?" my mother might respond, "What's it to you?"
sam1947then hear my mother's voice in my head correcting me and say, "Well, to be grammatically correct, it is I."I, too, was subjected to those mother-drills. But I realize now that language is dynamic, and acceptable forms change.