Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Today’s Lesson: Common Mistakes in use of English-Lesson 54

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Common Mistakes in use of English-Lesson 54


I or Me  

"I" is a subjective pronoun and "me" is an objective pronoun:

§  "I am a teacher."
§  "She gave me the book."

But what about when you want to use two pronouns, one is the first person, either as the subject or the object in the same sentence? People often get confused between whether to use "he and I," "I and he," "he and me"... Let's say I want to communicate two ideas:

1.   "I went to the theater."
2.   "Prem went to the theatre."
1.   "She called me on Sunday."
2.   "She called Rajesh on Sunday."

But I don’t want to say these with two sentences, rather, one only:

§  "Prem and I went to the theatre."
§  "She called Rajesh and me on Sunday." (Or me and Rajesh)

So how to know whether to use "I" or "me" in these sentences? "I" is the subject and in the second sentence, "me" is used because it is the object. If not sure, you can always do a simple test. Break the sentence back down into two sentences, and if it makes sense, then that's the pronoun to use

§  Prem went to the theatre. Ok          "Me" went to the theatre. NO!
§  I went to the theater. Ok!

Or
§  She called Rajesh on Sunday. Ok      She called "I" on Sunday. NO!
§  She called me on Sunday. Ok!

This works with all pronouns.

Subject pronouns
I
you
he
she
It
you
we
they
Object pronouns
me
you
him
her
It
you
us
them

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