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Post #531286 by JOHN-O on Wed, May 19, 2010 10:17 PM

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On 2010-05-19 21:26, bananabobs wrote:
Also, I hate hearing, "Me and Bob went to the store."
I always thought it was correct to put the other persons name first; "Bob and I went to the store."

I agree. Why the inverse of this is more acceptable, I'll never know. Here's an example:

Cocktail waitress: "So who ordered the round of Mai Tais?"

Bar customer: "Oh that would be for my friend and I".

It sounds classy but it's grammatically incorrect. The correct response should be "Oh that would be for my friend and me."

:)

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-05-19 22:20 ]