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Elephant CA Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Usage of I and me
Which one of these sentences is correct?
There are people plotting against Joe and I.
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There are people plotting against Joe and me.
In singular form you would say, "There are people plotting against me." I'm under the impression that Joe and me is the correct usage.
There are people plotting against Joe and I.
or
There are people plotting against Joe and me.
In singular form you would say, "There are people plotting against me." I'm under the impression that Joe and me is the correct usage.
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Hello Elephant, and welcome to the forums. As you might guess from my avatar, I like your nick name! " that they are now shy about using me.
- Hello Elephant, and welcome to the forums.
- As you might guess from my avatar, I like your nick name!
- " that they are now shy about using me.
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Hello Elephant, and welcome to the forums.
As you might guess from my avatar, I like your nick name!
Your impression is correct: You would say "against me" so the correct form is "Joe and me."
Too many people were frightened away from using "so-and-so and me" because they used it as the subject when they were children and were told over and over "It's 'Joe and I'!" that
As you might guess from my avatar, I like your nick name!
Your impression is correct: You would say "against me" so the correct form is "Joe and me."
Too many people were frightened away from using "so-and-so and me" because they used it as the subject when they were children and were told over and over "It's 'Joe and I'!" that
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Elephant CAThere are people plotting against Joe and I. (If you place 'me' first, it would be "There are people plotting against me and Joe." Therefore, 'me', not 'I' should be used.)
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Is there somewhere I can reference this. The person that tried to correct me on this still insists I'm wrong.
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Hi,
welcome to the forum.
Since you are looking for what is correct according to prescriptive grammar, here you can
welcome to the forum.
Since you are looking for what is correct according to prescriptive grammar, here you can
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Elephant CAIs there somewhere I can reference this. The person that tried to correct me on this still insists I'm wrong.Hi Elephant CA
Ask your friend which one of these sounds better:
1. There are people plotting against me.
2. There are people plotting against I.
I'd expect ANY native speaker of English to
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