is it "me and my friends"? OR "my friends and I"?...its for a formal report...
2006-07-14 07:36:43 · 31 answers · asked by beautifully_chaotic69 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
my friends and I
2006-07-14 07:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lucid_dreams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether it is the subject of the sentence. There's also a little trick that sometimes helps. For instance, one would say, "My friends and I went shopping." This is a sentence where it is the subject. If your friends didn't go, you would just say, "I went shopping." If the sentence is, "He gave the cards to my friends and me," "my friends and me" is not the subject ("he" is), and you use me. Again, if your friends weren't given the cards, you would say, "He gave the cards to me." Here's an official answer too:
Q. I am having trouble deciding if it is “Page and I” or “Page and me” in “Please let Page and me know.”
A. “Me” is correct, because it’s the object of the verb “let.” When you’re having trouble with “I” vs. “me,” try the same sentence without the double object: Please let me know. (You wouldn’t even consider saying “Please let I know.”) The reason “Page and me” sounds odd is that we’ve had it hammered into our brains for so long that “Page and I” is the correct usage when the phrase is the subject of a sentence (“Page and I are going,” not “me and Page are going”). People seem to have developed a fear of the “Page and me” construction. But when it’s the object of a verb or a preposition, it’s correct: Call Page and me when you’re ready. Give the money to Page and me.
I suppose it’s conceivable that centuries from now, as English continues to evolve, “I” and “me” in compound subjects and objects could switch places in usage. “Me and Page are going” and “Call Page and I when you’re ready” are already so common, it wouldn’t surprise me.
2006-07-14 07:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by Kiki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where in the sentence it is.
If it is the Subject, it should be "my friends and I" i.e. My friends and I went out yesterday. etc
I forget the grammatical term but it can be "my friends and me" (you are never first) in cases like: "give an "A" to my friends and me" or "will you buy dinner for my friends and me?" etc.
A good way to know is to think of it without the friends. If you would normally just say "I" then use "my friends and I," but if it would be "me," use "my friends and me"
2006-07-14 07:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by tressa1220 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I
2006-07-14 08:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by tejas_fundo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I
2006-07-14 07:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by SamWiseGamgee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I
2006-07-14 07:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by kb_tim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its My Friends and I
2006-07-14 07:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's my friends and I
2006-07-14 07:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by bip1096 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I.
2006-07-14 11:12:43 · answer #9 · answered by swimming_dramastar19 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the rest of the sentence. Take the "my friends" part out of the sentence and see whether "I" or "me" makes the most sense. Which ever the case, use that with "my friends". e.g. "I am going to the park", so "My friends and I are going to the park" "Most people don't like cloudy days, it's the same with me" so "Most people don't like cloudy days, it's the same with me and my friends"
2006-07-14 07:46:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋