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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The use of 'I' and 'me'

A few of us in the office are having a debate around which of the two sentences below is correct.
Can anyone please comment. Thank you.

1.) Tom suggested to Lisa and I to have a poker night at his house tomorrow. OR
2.) Tom suggested to Lisa and me to have a poker night at his house tomorrow.
  

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Anonymous Tom suggested to Lisa and me to have a poker night at his house tomorrow. We say "to me", not "to I". Omit Lisa and , and you'll see a way to work out the correct answers when you have these problems.

  • Anonymous Tom suggested to Lisa and me to have a poker night at his house tomorrow.
  • We say "to me", not "to I".
  • Omit Lisa and , and you'll see a way to work out the correct answers when you have these problems.
  • See the words in red.
  • ___________ Unfortunately, this is not the most idiomatic way to use "suggest" anyway.
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AnonymousTom suggested to Lisa and me to have a poker night at his house tomorrow.
We say "to me", not "to I". Omit Lisa and, and you'll see a way to work out the correct answers when you have these problems. See the words in red.
___________

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