{"id":295,"date":"2008-12-24T00:11:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T00:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supaproofread.com\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:28:56","slug":"i-or-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supaproofread.com\/blog\/i-or-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I or Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One trick to use when checking your grammar is to remove part of your sentence and see if it still makes sense.<\/p>\n

I find this useful when considering if “I” should be used instead of “me”.<\/p>\n

Think about the sentence I have just written and substitute “Me” for the initial “I” – “Me find this useful…” just does not make any real sense in that context and “I” is correctly used.<\/p>\n

Now think about this sentence:<\/p>\n

“They gave my father and I drinks at the pub.”<\/p>\n

That sounds natural and correct to me but it is not correct – remove “my father” and you would have “They gave I drinks at the pub.” which sounds wrong and indeed it is – using “me” is better, so:<\/p>\n

“My father and me were bought drinks at the pub.”<\/p>\n

Now look at this example:<\/p>\n

“My son and I went to the park.”<\/p>\n

Removing “My son” leaves us with “I went to the park.” and that is correct – in this instance “I” is correctly used rather than me.<\/p>\n

I see “myself” used to get around this grammatical conundrum but that just seems clumsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One trick to use when checking your grammar is to remove part of your sentence and see if it still makes sense. I find this useful when considering if “I” should be used instead of “me”. Think about the sentence I have just written and substitute “Me” for the initial “I” – “Me find this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-tips-in-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t