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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Properly using you & I
My sixth grader questioned the teacher today with this sentence:
My dad gave a present to Pete and I.
She asked the teacher "shouldn't that say My dad gave a present to Pete and me."
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She has always been taught if you can take away one of the names (Pete/I) and the sentence made sense that would be the correct sentence.
Have I been wrong all these years in my teachings with her?
Mom
My dad gave a present to Pete and I.
She asked the teacher "shouldn't that say My dad gave a present to Pete and me."
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She has always been taught if you can take away one of the names (Pete/I) and the sentence made sense that would be the correct sentence.
Have I been wrong all these years in my teachings with her?
Mom
Top answer
She is correct. Dad gave the present to me, not to I.
- She is correct.
- Dad gave the present to me, not to I.
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Please, please tell us that the teacher who said "My Dad gave a present to Pete and I" was not an English teacher!!
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