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Ask for help > MY BROTHER AND I OR MY BROTHER AND ME
MY BROTHER AND I OR MY BROTHER AND ME
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sebas555
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MY BROTHER AND I OR MY BROTHER AND ME
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WHO CAN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING IF THERE IS ONE
THANKS
SEBAS |
26 Mar 2009
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mariejosees
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Hello
My brother and I is placed before the verb, ex. My brother and I play the piano.
My brother and me is placed after the verb, ex. It belongs to my brother and me. |
26 Mar 2009
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Nabila Manzur
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He and I is the SUBJECT of the sentence -- use subject pronouns
You and me is the OBJECT of the sentence -- use object pronouns.
I WAS STUDYING ENGLISH
SO HE AND I WOULD BE OK
MY MOTHER IS LIKE YOU AND ME. ( OBJECT PRONOUN)
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26 Mar 2009
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HARIM
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Hi ,
It �s my brother and I because it �s a subject pronoun not an object pronoun
Cheers |
27 Mar 2009
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alien boy
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Hi everyone!
This is one of those �grey areas � of English (like how to spell grey/gray...)
To quote directly from Swan �s Practical English Usage (3rd edition)
Divided usage
Speakers of a standard language often differ about small points of usage. Where two different forms are common, people who use one form may claim that theirs is the only �correct � usage, and that people who use the other form are making mistakes. Some examples from modern English:
so-called �only correct form � so-called �mistake �
John and I went to the cinema. John and me went to the cinema.
They �re different from us. They �re different to us.
fewer people less people
Somebody �s dropped his or her keys Somebody �s dropped their keys.
I �m unemployed at present. I �m unemployed presently.
In fact, all of the so-called �mistakes � listed above have been normal in standard English for centuries, and are not wrong at all (though some of them are more informal than the so-called �only correct forms �, and would be out of place in a formal style).
For details, see 429 (I and me), 155 (different), 320 (less), 528 (their) and 467 (presently).
Using the axamples (in bold) above it would be perfectly acceptable to �My brother and I ~ � or �My brother and me ~ �.
If anyone would like me to, I can either post the complete extract about �I and me � or I can email/personal message it. It is fairly extensive. Please let me know!
Regards,
AB
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27 Mar 2009
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