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Chapter 1 Common Grammar Mistakes
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between you and me
I know you hear it in songs and on soaps, even occasionally from the
hallowed mouth of a network correspondent, but "between you and
I" is WRONG.
"Between" is a preposition.
It takes an objective case pronoun.
That means it has to be "me."
It will never, ever be anything but BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
Don't feel too bad about using the nominative case "I" before now.
Just the other day Mrs. B heard a nationally syndicated writer use it.
We sometimes over-correct and choose the safe sounding "I" over
"me."
(wrong) Call Mike and "I" when you get home.
v
Call Mike and ME when you get home.
An objective case pronoun is required because it's the direct object
of the verb "call."
But here's the easy way to remember if all those grammar rules have
long ago evaporated from your memory.
Simply remove the other person from the sentence.
In this case, take "Mike" out.
You wouldn't say, "Call I when you get home."
Here's another case of "It has to be me."
v
Bring the script to Laura and ME here at the desk.
"To" is a preposition, so it takes the objective case pronoun "me."
The same rules apply for "he and him," "she and her," "we and us,
and "they and them."
