what is correct, willy and I or Willy and me?

Question

My son and I are trying to remember the rules for "and I" or "and me" . To help a little one with her homework. Does anyone out there remember the rule?

Answer 1

Depends on the context. A good rule of thumb is to drop the "Willy and" and figure it out from there.

Some examples:
1) Willy and me went to the store vs. Willy and I went to the store. Drop the "Willy and" and you will realize that "I went to the store" is correct, so Willy and I went to the store is the correct answer.

2) Please pick up a pizza for Willy and I vs. Please pick up a pizza for Willy and me. If you drop the "Willy and" part of the sentence, you will quickly figure out that it should be "Please pick up a pizza for me" because people would look at you funny if you said "Please pick up a pizza for I."

Answer 2

If you and Willy are the subject, it is Willy and I, as in "Willy and I are going to the circus this afternoon."
If you and Willy are are the object, it is Willy and me, as in "She gave the case of coke to Willy and me, and thanked us for mowing her lawn."
An easy way to remember it is to forget about Willy, and use the correct form, as though it were just one person. ie, I or me. Then add Willy or a whole gang of people, because it won't change the 'I' or 'me' rule.

Answer 3

This is a common mistake that I see even the most learned people make.

I have learned at school to "put the donkey's name last".
(That is what my teacher taught me and it is written into my brain forever...!)

To know whether to use "I" or "me", ask the question relating to the context:

Take this sentence " Bill and...(I or Me) like that very much..."
Now, the question should be -
Who likes that very much?
Bill likes that very much.
I like that very much.

If you say ---- me like that very much, obviously you know that does not sound right. Therefore, in this context you use "I".

Also you never say, (donkey rule): I and Bill or (Me and Bill) like that very much.

In your question, Willy and I or Willy and me will depend on what both Willy and "I" were doing., i.e., the context.

Take this sentence: "....That letter was sent to Willy and me...". What will you use here? The answer should be "Me" because the q. is: Who that letter was sent to.

Another: "Willy and I went to the market". This sentence, of course, is correct.

Answer 4

I can't recall the rule, but it's more appropriate to use "Willy and I"
or "I and Willy" (first person in combination with proper noun) than the awkward combination of first person and second person as in the case of "I and him". Remember, the "King and I"?

Answer 5

Sarah R is right on.

It depends on whether the phrase falls in the subject or the predicate of the sentence, e.g.:

Willy and I are going to the mall. ("Willy and I" being subject here)

Would you like to go to the mall with Willy and me? ("you" being the subject here)

Answer 6

Willy and me, but I don't remember the particular rule
It's like: "Willy and me are going to the park" or something...

Answer 7

It depends. Think of how you would form the sentence if you were only talking about yourself. For example, you would say "I went to the store." Not "Me went to the store." So the correct grammer here is "Willy and I went to the store." If you would normally say "me," as in "She gave it to me," You would say "She gave it to Willy and me."

Answer 8

I know its 'Willy and I' but I have long forgotten the rule.

Answer 9

I believe it is generally "I". Because you can say Willy will come. or I will come. You don't say me will come. So you would say it just as if Willy was doing it alone or I was doing it alone.

Answer 10

Willy and I