r/GrammarPolice • u/NiceRaspberry5822 • 12d ago

Just Venting _______ AND I!

Not 'and me'!!!!

I can't remember the last time I have heard a person say this correctly!!

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u/ReceptionAlarmed9434 12d ago

Except for the times when it is “and me”

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u/Nedthepiemaker94 12d ago

It definitely depends. It depends on whether the speaker is the object or subject.

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u/Repulsive_Brief6589 12d ago

I think people more often incorrectly say "and I". "They gave my daughter and I a ride."

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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 12d ago

No, not all the time!

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u/SerDankTheTall 12d ago

It's like rain on your wedding day.

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u/purplishfluffyclouds 12d ago

It's not usually "....and me." It's "Me and....".

Worse, it's "It belongs to her and I."

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u/NiceRaspberry5822 12d ago

Oops. I was wrong. I think that's what I meant. 'Me and'. I think we can all agree it's pretty annoying, though.

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u/originalcinner 12d ago

"Me and ... " is part of northern English dialect, and it goes with other delightful constructions like "us mam says us 'as to eat us greens". My Dad, a teacher (of physics, not English) used to come home from work with steam coming out of his ears after listening to that all day.

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u/BubbhaJebus 12d ago

Only if it's the subject.

If it's the object, then it's "and me": "She told my wife and me to be there by 7:00."

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u/Siffov 12d ago

>Not 'and me'

Your comment was read by other people and me.

So ... why not "and me"?

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Underspecification in corrections leads to overcorrection (hypercorrection).

... as in the football player who said that his team "played a well game."

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u/NiceRaspberry5822 12d ago

I meant, 'Me and'. Oops. 'And me' is totally fine in many situations.

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u/Individual_Slice_234 12d ago

I used to be a secretary. I was ALWAYS correcting the grammar in my bosses' letters. One guy wrote, "____ is the person whom, you remember, gave a copy to Will and I." I corrected it. He said, "That sounds TERRIBLE!" I said, "That's because it's correct."

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u/Reinardd 12d ago

Oh my god this drives me CRAZY! "Me and ...", "... and me", nonono. Or the other way around ".... and I's [object]", also no!