We used to sing this little song:
"Let's get back to the garden..you and I"
--Aaron David +1973
Shouldn't it be "you and me"? Why do you say "Let us"? Who is actually the subject anyway?
My guess is that "you and me" reflect to "us" and that the actual subject is an understood "you" or at least "somebody". I wouldn't say "Let I have some." or "Let I go to the ball game."
Can you please help make this clear? Thanks!
2007-05-20 13:53:54 · 6 answers · asked by Sionarra 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Thanks for the help guys, it's just that I'm not really CONVINCED that "You and I" are -in fact- really the subject.
If they are, why don't they say "Let WE get back to the garden" ??Subjects take the NOMINATIVE case. So why do you say US? ("Let us") (The objective, or dative.)
If you drop the companion person, do you say "Let I get back to the garden"? 'Course not! Sounds wierd! NO, as I said earlier, I don't believe "You and I" are the subject. It's just I'm not clear exactly what itthe subject is. Don't we have any experts? (I got pretty much A's in grammer..back then,) Thanks!
2007-05-25 21:56:30 · update #1
Well I wouldn't say that, Chazz, but I would say "Let ME get back" wouldn't you? --not "let I"
But I would really like to know WHY! What's it CALLED!
Of course it's a song, but they made my other friend say "But you and I can plainly see." -wrecked a perfectly good internal rhyme for the sake of good grammer (instead of the original :"You and Me"
And we all know Neil Diamond had the atrocious "Me and you are subject to.." bud dat don' make it no good grammer, does it ? Jus cussin hits inna song? I'm not askin' about poetic license, we got all o' that we need. I want to know if it's really good English, and especially WHY (or why not). And as helpful as you all have been, no one has yet been able to tell me why "I" (you and I- nominative)can legitimately modify "us" (Let us - objective). Maybe I'll just choose the sweetest answer or the friendliest -Ha!
2007-05-27 10:29:53 · update #2
No, it should not be "you and me."
If you take out the Let's, or Let us, you can properly fit in You or I, not me.
For example:
You get back to the garden.
I get back to the garden.
You and I get back to the garden.
Not: Me get back to the garden.
Hope this helps! =)
2007-05-20 14:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by dee s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but you WOULD say "Let's you and I get back to the garden." "Us" is the subject, "You and I" is clarifying who the us refers to, like maybe there are a bunch of people standing around, and the speaker wants you to know they meant just the two of you to get back to the garden. So it is correct, but old fashioned.
2007-05-20 13:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not You and me because it is nomitive case. Turn the words around "You and ____ get back to the garden. It is not a good sentence but it is correct and makes good song lyrics.
2007-05-28 11:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The subject is "you and I" , and Let's means let us, you and I. You would only use "me" if it is the object. It would sound like, "me get back to the garden" In your other examples, me is the object of the verb Let . thus,"me" is the object.
2007-05-24 17:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah thats right. just take away 'you'. you wouldnt say 'me get back to the garden'.
~Chazz~
2007-05-20 14:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first it is a song ; a poem and in poem you may break rules or reorder words
second : it is correct to say I and you
2007-05-27 02:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by mali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋