question about subject and object pronouns?

Question

if me can only be used as a object pronoun than the following sentence is correct, right?
The looked funny to my friends and *me.

why does it sound strange, should i use the word I ?

Answer 1

No, do not use 'I.' The best test for these situations is to remove the first part of the compound object. In this case "my friends and." So you get They looked funny to _____.

Would you say "I" now??

EDIT: Dan S could not be MORE wrong. The phrase "my friends and ____" is NOT the subject of your sentence. "They" is the subject (well you forgot the "y" in the posting, but I assume that is what you meant). "Looked" is the verb. "Funny" is a predicate adjective. "To" is a preposition which MUST take an object. In your sentence "my friends and ____" is the OBJECT. Thus requiring the objective pronoun "me."

P.S. If you want to speak "colloquially" (i.e., Me and my friends are going to the mall."), be aware that you are using substandard grammar rules (that is the definition of colloquial). While language is a fluid thing and "rules" can change over time and common usage can become "acceptable" in some circumstances, use of colloquial speech in more formal settings will allows be frowned upon.

Answer 2

A pronoun is a word that renames (takes the place of) another word (the antecedent). It not only must agree with its antecedent , but it must also clearly refer to the word it renames.If the pronoun doesn't clearly refer to its antecedent, you may cause confusion for your readers.if you confuse your readers (and it's not that hard to do!), your communication breaks down. Subject: A word or phrase in a sentence that denotes the doer of the action, the receiver of the action in passive constructions, or that which is described or identified: (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) Objects are those words that come at the end of prepositional phrases (among other things). Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them The only thing you need to know is that these forms can't be switched around. If the word is a subject, it must be a subject form; if it's an object . . . well, you get the idea. Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, that, and which.

Answer 3

"My friends and I" is the proper grammar since you are the subject of the sentence

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/me
"me first person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker...
(colloquial) As the subject of a verb, used with and.
'Me and my friends played a game.' "

"Me is traditionally described as the accusative pronoun, meaning it should be used as the object of verbs and prepositions, while the nominative pronoun I should be used as the subject of verbs. However, “accusative” pronouns are widely used as the subject of verbs in colloquial speech if they are accompanied by and: Me and her are friends. This usage is considered incorrect by some prescriptivists.

Some prescriptivists object to the use of me following the verb to be, as in “It wasn’t me.”, considering “It was not I.” to be correct.

Although the genitive use (marking ownership) is commonly used in speech in some dialects, speakers of these dialects usually use my in writing.

Using me as the lone subject (without and) of a verb is a feature of various pidgin Englishes, and is sometimes used by speakers of standard English for jocular effect. See me likee, me wantee."

Colloquial is the informal mode of speech.

It may sound overly formal to you when you use the word "I" instead of "me".

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I#Pronoun
"I" is the "personal pronoun" so you need to use it when you are talking about yourself.

Answer 4

In that situation i would say "me and my friends."