Choose (a) or (b) as the most grammatical to complete the following sentence:
"Joe gave presents to my friend and ____"
a) Me
b) I
2006-07-08 09:20:23 · 25 answers · asked by perseph1 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Some people here have incorrectly answered "b". I believe that this is because children have a tendency to say things like "John and me went to the park". This is wrong, and parents correct their children to say "John and I went to the park". The problem with this is that children may then learn that "I" always follows "and", as opposed to the real reason, namely that "I" is subjective and "me" is the objective form of the pronoun (in simple terms, use "I" before the verb or doing-word, and "me" after it).
The correct answer is therefore "a" ("me"), however when I hear the sentence, there is a certain awkwardness to it that I suspect is due to this very reason.
I would say it flows slightly better to say "Joe gave presents to me and my friend."
2006-07-08 23:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Benjamin 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Me. "I" is only used as a subject. You can also check it by taking out the other person's name. "Joe gave presents to I" doesn't make sense but "Joe gave presents to me" does.
2006-07-08 09:24:41 · answer #2 · answered by Mixed Tape 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a) Me
easiest way to figure it out is delete the others in the sentence. For example:
Joe gave presents to _____
it would be ME
2006-07-08 09:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 'me'. If you are the subject (if the sentence is about you), then it's I - 'I went to the store', 'My friend and I went to the store'. If you are the object (the sentence describes domething being done to you) then it's me - 'The present was given to me', 'The falling tile hit me'.
2006-07-08 09:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a) "Me". The best way to answer that is to take away the "my friend" part, then see which would be correct.
Joe gave presents to "me". "I" wouldn't fit there.
John and "I" want to go to the movie. You use "I" because if you were to take "John and" out, the sentence would be...
"I want to go to the movie" not "Me want to go to the movie"
2006-07-08 09:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Snowman'sGal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
me - it is the object, not the subject. For "I", you would have to rephrase it like "My friend and I got presents from Joe."
2006-07-08 09:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by szydkids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a. The rule is that the object of a preposition is in the objective case. "To" is a preposition. The objects of the preposition here are "my friend" and "me." "I" would be subjective case (the form ususally used for a subject and "me" is objective case (the form usually used for an object).
He gave it to me (not to I)
He gave it to her (not she)
He gave it to him (not he)
etc.
2006-07-08 09:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by Creeksong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though I think everyone knows that the correct answer would be (B) I ,in general people say "Me" even though they know that is not correct. But my question would be why? If you know something is not right then why do it wrong?
2006-07-08 09:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.
You will know which pronoun to use if you ignore the other names mentioned..
In your example:
Joe gave presents to me.
Another example:
Joe, Tommy and I went to town.
Joe and I went to town.
2006-07-08 09:26:04 · answer #9 · answered by Temple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"joe gave presents to my friend and me."
2006-07-08 09:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by melisa j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋