OK, this is a bit of a grammar gripe.<\/p>\n
I’ve been noticing that the entire idea of when to use “I” versus “me” in a plural clause has mysteriously disappeared, and nobody seems to notice.<\/p>\n
I’d always thought the rules were simple: When you’re the subject of a sentence, you say, for example: “I am going to the store”. And when you’re the object of a sentence, you say, for example: “This is happening to me.”<\/p>\n
So far so good. “I” versus “me”. Everybody seems to get that right.<\/p>\n
But throw another person into the mix, and people start to get confused. Instead of saying “Jenny and I are going to the store,” I hear people say “Jenny and me are going to the store.”<\/p>\n
And instead of saying “This is happening to Fred and me,” I hear people say “This is happening to Fred and I.”<\/p>\n
The whole thing sounds so strange to my ears, as though people were saying “Me is going to the store,” or “This is happening to I.”<\/p>\n
Am I the only one left who notices this? Has the English language somehow changed while I wasn’t looking?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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