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Me Or I?
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I am hoping you can help me settle a dispute. Is the sentence, "Would you like to come to the cinema with Jenny and me?", correct or is it Jenny and I?
I am convinced it is the former but I have so far had the headmistress of my son's school and a professor of English from a notable university tell me that I am wrong...
I am convinced it is the former but I have so far had the headmistress of my son's school and a professor of English from a notable university tell me that I am wrong...
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This is a fascinating example of a linguistic shibboleth in English society: teaching that using certain expressions defines you as well-bred, educated, etc etc.....so instead of having the confidence to think the language through, a knee-jerk reaction to 'me' whispers in the background that saying 'me' in this context is....
09:44 Tue 11th Dec 2012
I am a qualified TEFL teacher and when I was teaching in China the rule was,
if you use "I" as the subject, eg "I went to the cinema", you would not say, "me went to the cinema". Therefore in your example, the subject is "you" so the correct grammar is, "would you like to come to the cinema with Jenny and me"
if you use "I" as the subject, eg "I went to the cinema", you would not say, "me went to the cinema". Therefore in your example, the subject is "you" so the correct grammar is, "would you like to come to the cinema with Jenny and me"
