Tiki Spelling & Grammar Police - Bilge

T TikiHardBop Tiki Socialite Rockledge, FL Joined: Feb 21, 2009 Posts: 584	T TikiHardBop Posted posted on Thu, May 20, 2010 9:36 AM The trick with the "me" vs. "I" is to take the other person out of the sentence and see how it sounds. So "Billy and I went to the store" becomes "I went to the store" and "The drinks are for Billy and me." Becomes "The drinks are for me." And just to confuse things, "myself" is just as correct. The use of "me" instead of "myself" is an American usage. And as I was reminded many times growing up by my English teacher mother, it's not "Can Billy and I go to the store?", it's "May Billy and I go to the store?" We know you're capable of going to the store, you're asking for permission.

The trick with the "me" vs. "I" is to take the other person out of the sentence and see how it sounds. So "Billy and I went to the store" becomes "I went to the store" and "The drinks are for Billy and me." Becomes "The drinks are for me." And just to confuse things, "myself" is just as correct. The use of "me" instead of "myself" is an American usage.

And as I was reminded many times growing up by my English teacher mother, it's not "Can Billy and I go to the store?", it's "May Billy and I go to the store?" We know you're capable of going to the store, you're asking for permission.

Post #531352 by TikiHardBop on Thu, May 20, 2010 9:36 AM