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Old 10-02-2015, 10:08 AM
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Manalto
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Originally Posted by GingerK
I dislike poor grammar from tv and radio people. The one that really really annoys me is the improper use of "Me and I". In school (yes, many many many years ago) I was taught that if your sentence was something like "Mary made a cake for me" then she could definitely a cake for you and me." But that cake would never be for "you and I" Conversely, if "I made a cake for Mary" then "You and I could make a cake for Mary" but "You and me" never could. See what I mean?
Yes. Try it without the other people and see if it sounds right. ("Thanks for the card you sent I.")

"I" when it's the subject of the sentence, "me" when it's not.
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