----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Olson - SunPS" <Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>; <books at bofh.com> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: Re: More word usage... > > I like this example because, for me, it demonstrates a flaw > > in my English. > > > > For whatever reason, I always use " and I", even though > > I believe both of your examples are flawed. > > I believe this comes about from parents telling us > not to use "You and me", but instead use "you and I", > which is correct, but I think it carried over in our heads so that > "___ and me", we felt, was never correct. > > Or maybe that was just my parents... <grin> Well, as I understand it, "I" is used as a subject and "me" as an object. So, "I will give the ball to me." is correct. > She gave John and I presents. > > or > > Between you and I... The first is wrong because "She" is the subject and "John and I" are the objects of the sentence. The second is wrong because there is an implied subject (It or She/He, ie: It is between you and ...). So, you would pair the object "you" with another object: "me" -Scott