When do you say "you and I" vs "you and me"?

Question

In a sentence, would you say: "between you and I" or "between you and me"? Please provide an explanation.

Answer 1

All you have to do is try saying the sentence WITHOUT the other person's name (or without "you" in this case).

Examples:
You and (I/me) need to go to the store.
Say: I need to go to the store.
Say: Me need to go to the store.
Bingo! You know the answer!
Correct: You and I need to go to the store.

Now try this one:
My mother gave this book to you and (I/me).
Say it both ways. Did you figure it out?
Right! My mother gave this book to me.
My mother gave this book to you and me.

Simple. That's all you need to know.

Answer 2

I use to be so confused on the same thing...but the best explaination I've ever gotten was if you take out "you" from the sentence does it sound right? Example: You and me should go to the park. Take away you and it says Me should go to the park. That doesn't sound right so the sentence should be You and I should go to the park. Vise Versa: I think they're staring at you and I. Take away the you and it says: I think they're staring at I..doesn't sound right so the sentence should be I think they're staring and you and me. Also I have found that a lot of times "You and I" are at the beginning of a sentence, and "you and me" are at the end...not always but sometimes. Hope it helps!

Answer 3

Me is at the end of the sentence. A trick is to take out the other person and see if it sounds right. For example It the sentence was "Miles and me go to the store" If you take out miles you get "Me go to the store" which doesn't sound right. This really only helps if you speak English very fluently, though.

Answer 4

I may be getting the names of the parts of speech wrong here (it's been a while), but I think the examples will be clear anyway.

When the people involved are the subject of the sentence (the people performing the action), 'I' is the word to use. One would say: 'I am going to the store', not 'Me am going to the store'. Therefore, when speaking of two or more people, the correct sentence would be 'You and I are going to the store', not 'You and me are going to the store'.

When the people involved are the object of a preposition, 'me' is the word to use. 'The box of candy was given to me', not '...to I'; therefore, the correct sentence would be 'The box of candy was given to you and me', not '...to you and I.'

'Between' is a preposition. Therefore, the correct phrase is '...between you and me.'

Clear as mud, I know.

Answer 5

"I" is in the subjective case and "me" is in the objective. In this case, you'd use "me" because the "between" requires an object. Use the "me."

This one's really sticky. You'll get folks answering both ways. I truly think it needs to be in the objective case, however.

Of course, you could also say "between you and me, I thnk we should..." That would be correct.

For other uses, the easiest way to decide between "I" and "me" is to separate the sentence. "Give that to Bill or me" is correct because you would never, ever give something to "I." Say "give that to Bill and give that to me" (separate the sentence) to see if you have the right case.

If it's the subject of the sentence, use "I."
If it's the object, use "me."

Answer 6

One way to determine which is correct is to remove "you." For example, let's say you have this sentence:

"She went to the show with you and I."

Remove "you," and you have:

"She went to the show with I."

That doesn't work, so go with "me.

Now, let's try:

"You and me went to the show."

Remove "you."

"Me went to the show."

Ouch.


Basically "I" is nominative, and is used as a subject or the "doer" of the action in the sentence.

"You and I ate the ice cream."

"Me" is objective, and receives the action.

"They gave the ice cream to you and me."

I hope that helps.

Answer 7

If you leave out the "you" would you say "me" or "I?" For example, you and I went to the store. I would say I went to the store. Steve went to the store with you and me. Steve went to the store with me. Hope this helps. It's how I remember it.

Answer 8

both "I" & "ME" are pronouns but we usually use ME when sayin YOU AND ME (which is wrong!) -the pronoun here is used wrongly ..u should say YOU AND I which makes it grammatically right :)