I am fluent in English, but this has been puzzling me lately.
I'll use examples of how I'd phrase it, which are obviously all wrong.
"Sarah and I's project."
"Sarah and mines project."
Those both sound wrong, how would you phrase that?
Thanks!
2007-09-20 09:08:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Drea- It's not grammatically correct to say, "Me and Sarah", it has to be, "Sarah and I", and in plural form is incredibly confusing.
BTW Sarah was an example named I pulled out of my head ebcause it's universal.
2007-09-20 09:25:04 · update #1
Sarah's and my project. Each part should agree with project on its own (Sarah's project, my project).
2007-09-20 09:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly R 3 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Try Thats mine and sarah's project.
2007-09-20 17:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by Just a girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kimberly R is right. The use of "I" in places where "my" or "me" sound more natural was part of a prescriptive attempt by earlier grammarians to wedge English into an idealized Latin framework. Most of it failed for good reason -- there is no defense against smirks of amused listeners -- but the "I", "my" and "me" problem strangely persists. Kimberly's test is a neat pragmatic one -- just read the sentence with two subjects separately. So, you would not say "Sarah and me went to the park" because "Me went to the park" is odd, but "I went to the park" is fine; so it is "Sarah and I went to the park" -- no need for Latin grammarians here. Sometimes "my" or "me", sometimes "I".
2007-09-21 08:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Norm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you say... The project of Sarah and I.?
2007-09-20 16:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by daisies 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
TRY MINE AND SARAH'S PROJECT.
2007-09-24 15:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe, "I and Sarah's project."
2007-09-20 16:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
"our project" maybe?
2007-09-20 16:20:18 · answer #7 · answered by cdr dsw = <3 [11/1/10] 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋