>>Thanks. I did stop and think about that but didn't care enough to look it up. Will try to remember from now on that it's "me." Why is that, anyway?
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>Well like Mike says but you and John are the object of the sentence - you're what's being seen, so you take the accusative form.
>I think this stems from people being drilled from an early age "It's not 'Me and my friend went to the woods' - it's 'My friend and I ...'!" so it sorta gets stuck in the mind that you must use "X and I"
How about "John and myself". ;) I just love that one.
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>>>SYNTAX POLICE:
>>>... It was also funny to see John and I in complete agreement.
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>>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
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>>>Sorry - bugbear of mine! :-)
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