My mom and I are having an argument....is it, You need to push your strawberries all the way down, like Nathan and (I)...her way.... or You need to push your strawberries all the way down like Nathan and (me)....my way.....WHO"S RIGHT.....loosers has dishes for a month!!
2007-11-21 08:20:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
It is "Nathan and me."
As has been stated here, if you take out the other person, the sentence should still make sense.
As for those people who rearranged the sentence before they applied this rule... well, they are just wrong. Sorry, but it is true.
A general rule of thumb is this (aside from the one previously given): When it comes at the beginning of a sentence, it is "Nathan and I." When it comes at the end of a sentence it is "Nathan and me."
There are exceptions, but in general, this is true.
Kudos to you!
By the way, just because someone is a teacher that doesn't make them right. Teachers are human and are wrong just like everyone else. In fact, many of my children's teachers were idiots! :)~
(Of course, I am not saying any of the teachers here are idiots.)
2007-11-21 13:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
I'm shocked at all of the people here who are insulting everyone else but are completely wrong themselves!
Now, there is a verb at the end of this sentence that has been dropped off (do). So now add the "do" to the end of both sentences to see what sounds correct.
You need to push your strawberries all the way down, like Nathan and I do.
You need to push your strawberries all the way down, like Nathan and me do.
Would you ever say "like me do"? (I hope not) So the answer is "like I do". Sorry, but your mother is right on this one!
There are a lot of things that people say that seem to "sound right" but that doesn't make them right, it makes them a common error! You always need to consider what the verb in the sentence is, and what is being modified!
2007-11-22 16:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by ! 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nathan and I...
If you rearrange the sentence, to be "Nathan and (I/me) pushed the strawberries all the way down," saying me doesn't make since. it's :Nathan and I pushed the strawberries all the way down."
2007-11-21 17:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
It's sort of a complicated sentence, and the correct usage of I/me actually depends on what you mean. Try simplifying the sentence and take out Nathan to see if it makes sense.
Your mom's way, is saying that you need to push your strawberries down the same way that I push them down.
"Push the strawberries down the same way I do"
Your way is that you need to push your strawberries down the same way she pushes me down.
"Push the strawberries down like how you push me down"
Technically, based on what I think you mean, your mom is right. But both of you have bad sentences which are confusing. But it isn't fair to call one of you a loser. I think you should both do the dishes.
2007-11-21 16:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by gang$tahtooth 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
That's 'proper grammar'...and you are right, it's Nathan and me.
The sentence needs to be able to make sense if you were to take Nathan out.
You wouldn't say 'You need to push your strawberries all the way down like I'...you'd say 'all the way down like me'.
I hope your Mom likes doing dishes, because she's definitely wrong. :)
Ask your English teacher at school. Anyone who tells you 'Nathan and I' is right, is wrong.
2007-11-21 17:05:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
The correct use is "like Nathan and I" because you are basically saying "like Nathan and I do...." but just taking out "do."
However, it is more gramatically correct to say the entire phrase "like Nathan and I do" instead of chopping off the last word, so your mother is half right.
There IS a rule where you use "Nathan and me" and it would be something like "She gave strawberries to Nathan and me." The reason you use me here is because if you take out Nathan it would be "she gave strawberries to me" and not "she gave strawberries to I."
She is right in this case, but you would be correct in other usages.
2007-11-21 16:25:45 · answer #6 · answered by Veritas 7 · 9⤊ 3⤋
It's Nathan and me.
A good way to figure this out is to say the sentence w/o the other person in it.
For example:
1) You need to push your strawberries all the way down, like I
2) You need to push your strawberries all the way down, like me.
Number 2 is correct. The first way sounds funny without "Nathan" in it.
2007-11-21 20:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by J'adore 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Nathan and I
2007-11-21 19:03:57 · answer #8 · answered by Hello Loverly;; 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
it is Nathan and me because if you took Nathan out and the sentance was you need to push your strawberries all the way down like I, it wouldn't sound right. you are correct.
2007-11-21 19:54:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Sorry, kid......you have to do the dishes for the next month. Listen to mom, she's right. Not trying to be rude here but ask mom to help you with your spelling as well.
2007-11-21 18:13:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋