5 Answers. The difference between “I and my friends” and “my friends and I” is purely a matter of courtesy – they are both grammatically correct.
Is it ever grammatically correct to say me and?
You will certainly hear native speakers say, “Jenny and me,” and it may be acceptable in spoken English, but most traditional grammarians and English teachers will disapprove. Don’t use it in writing. The opposite is true for sentence b), which is the original example from above.
How do you use me and a friend in a sentence?
The correct version is: My father is taking me and my friends out to dinner. A similar test can be applied with the following two sentences: My friends and I are going out for dinner.
What is the difference between me and my friend and my friend and I?
Both can be used in the same way to say the same thing e.g “My friend and I went to the park” and “me and my friend went to the park” “My friend and I” sounds more formal, you’d probably use this speaking to a teacher or acquaintance. “Me and my friend” sounds more casual and natural.
Is me and my family correct?
Although “me and my family” is not incorrect, there is a convention of good manners that one should put the other person or people before oneself in a sentence.
Can I say me and John?
“John and me” is not an obsolete phrase that should always, without fail, be replaced by “John and I.” Both are relevant and correct in their own context. Learn the difference, and maybe one day you could bite back at someone who incorrectly corrects your grammar.
What is the I and Me rule?
Use the pronoun “I” when the person speaking is doing the action, either alone or with someone else. Use the pronoun “me” when the person speaking is receiving the action of the verb in some way, either directly or indirectly.
Is it correct to say me and my family?
Why do people say me and my friend instead of my friend and I?
The answer is it depends. “My friend and I” would be the subject of the sentence whereas we say “my friend and me” when it is the object. My cousins and I ran into Kate at the mall yesterday.
Is me and my husband grammatically correct?
The question of whether to say or write “my husband and I” or “I and my husband” is not a matter of grammar but one of modesty or politeness. It is usually considered good form not to put oneself first. It is correct to say “My husband and I are going to a party”.
Is me and my mom correct grammar?
Lapsed Moderator. It is correct, and entirely normal in many contexts to use the first. The second form breaks a basic rule of traditional grammar in that it uses the object pronoun “me” as part of the subject “Me and my mother”.
Is it correct to say me and my wife?
Sorry, dear readers, but in this case “my wife and me” is correct. “I” and “me” are personal pronouns. “I” is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence.
Is the object of the sentence me or my friend?
• I am the subject of the sentence, but the object of the sentence is me. If in doubt, take your friend out of the sentence. • Me and my friend went to a party last night. [Wrong] • I and my friend went to a party last night. • My friend and me went to a party last night. [Wrong] • My friend and I went to a party last night.
How to use’me and my friends’in a sentence?
Andy and me will be studying English tonight. One easy way to remember is to take the other subject out of the sentence. For example, you would not say Me will be studying alone tonight. I will be studying alone tonight. But the use of “me” as a subject pronoun seems to be growing more common.
Where did my friend and Me Go Last Night?
• My friend and me went to a party last night. [Wrong] • My friend and I went to a party last night. • The mayor has invited me and my husband. • The mayor has invited I and my husband.
Which is correct, my friend and Me or my friends and I?
Which is correct: My Friend and Me or my friend and I? That depends on where you and your friend are in the sentence. In colloquial speech me is often used where standard grammar requires I especially when someone else is mentioned too.
