The teacher gave apples to me and George.
The teacher gave apples to George and I.
The teacher gave apples to George and me.
2007-03-19 15:54:31 · 14 answers · asked by Angel D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the third one.
You always put the other person in front of you, so it's not the first one.
But if you take out George then it's the third sentence that makes sense, not the second.
2007-03-19 15:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The first rule with these sentence, is that you always have to be curtious to the people you are talking to and you always put them before you do.
Next is you: do you put "I" "me"? Temporarily, take out George in both of those sentences ( becuase the first one doesn't follow the rule of being nice to the person your talking about), it would be "The teacher gave apples to me" and "The teacher gave apples to I". Which one sounds better? the first one right? So that would be your answer " The teacher gave apples to George and me".
2007-03-19 23:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is: "The teacher gave the apples to George and me." Because if you transform it into a single sentence it would be: "The teacher gave the apple to me." and, "The teacher gave the apple to I." would not work.
2007-03-19 23:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by coolanswerer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3rd. The other person always goes first, and if you were to delete George from the sentence, which would sound more correct? The teacher gave apples to I or the teacher gave apples to me? Of course, the third one.
2007-03-19 23:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The teacher gave apples to George and me. Usually it is George and I, but in this sentence it doesn't match so it is The teacher gave apples to George and me.
2007-03-19 22:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by omgitserinn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The teacher gave apples to George and me.
The givaway is that one would not say, The teacher gave apples to I, and you should put the other person ahead of the word "me".
I noticed some people going around thumbing down people who say this, but "I" is a pronoun that must be the subject of a verb. "Me" is a pronoun that must be the object of the verb. The easiest way to decipher the two is to remove the other noun from the sentence and see if it still makes sense. So in this case, like it or not, the correct answer is George and me.
2007-03-19 22:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by neoimperialistxxi 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the teacher gave apples to george and me, because you could leave out either george or me and it would still be correct. you cant say the teacher gave apples to I. and "me and george" doesnt sound like it's proper.
2007-03-19 22:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The teacher gave apples to George and I.
I went to school in the Caribbean and it is proper grammar to say George and I...
2007-03-19 22:58:31 · answer #8 · answered by Brinda C 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I would have to say the first one sounds the way I talk. I don't think it's proper grammar though. The correct one is probably the second, but I just can't talk like that, it would sound corny coming from my mouth.
2007-03-19 23:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by jeni 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The third. You never mention yourself first, so that cancels out #1. You never say "I" at the end of a sentence so that cancels out #2. #3 is proper English.
2007-03-19 22:58:01 · answer #10 · answered by Julie C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the teacher gave apples to george and me.
me is the objective case, which you need here.
and you always put yourself last (george and me, not me and george).
2007-03-19 22:57:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋