Dondon  +  186343 Fri, 20 Jan 06 04:06 PM Hello to all.  Can someone please let me know which is grammatically correct.  Mom and I are going to the store.  Or, me and mom are going to the store.  Thanks for any feed back!! Dondon Joined on Fri, Jan 20 2006 New Member 03

	Jay_zzz0  +  186376 Fri, 20 Jan 06 05:05 PM "My mom and I" is technically the correct usage.  However, there are more english speakers now using "my mom and me" and it has become widely acceptable. Jay_zzz0 Joined on Sun, Nov 27 2005 UK Full Member 114

	Philip  +  186380 Fri, 20 Jan 06 05:09 PM  Jay_zzz0 wrote: "My mom and I" is technically the correct usage.  However, there are more english speakers now using "my mom and me" and it has become widely acceptable. More speakers may be using it, but it is NOT widely acceptable.  "Me went to the store" would shock even the most uneducated, I'm sure. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Ruslana  +  186412 Fri, 20 Jan 06 07:14 PM See also this thread. Ruslana Joined on Sat, Dec 17 2005 Senior Member 3,671

	Grammar Geek  +  186419 Fri, 20 Jan 06 07:22 PM Yikes! I'm sorry, but "Me and mom" as the subject is NOT acceptable. You will sound like an overly-enthusiastic 8-year-old boy if you say "Me and mom" while speaking, and you will sound worse if you use it in writing.  When used as the subject, use "I,"  whether you have another person as part of the subject or not. I wrote about how people avoid the use of "me" - even when it's correct - because they were over-corrected as children in my blog, which is just getting started.  It's in my signature line if you want to go there and suggest topics. I promise, it will never read like a text book. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Sam C  +  186433 Fri, 20 Jan 06 07:37 PM  Grammar Geek wrote: When used as the subject, use "I,"  whether you have another person as part of the subject or not. why? sam Sam C Joined on Mon, Dec 19 2005 New Member 45 Grammar

	Grammar Geek  +  186462 Fri, 20 Jan 06 09:14 PM Becuase the first person pronoun for the subject is "I" and for the object is "me." I went to the store.  Mom and I went to the store.  I am the subject in the first, and Mom and I are the subjects. Please send copies of our vacation photos to ME.  Please send copies of our vacation photos to Mom and ME.   The indirect object is me in the first, and Mom and me in the second. He accidentally hit ME with a badly thrown pitch.  He accidentally hit both Peter and ME with badly thrown pitches in two different innings.  The direct object is me in the first, and Peter and me in the second. I accidentally hit him with a badly thrown pitch. My mom did the same thing thirty years ago when she was in high school. Both mom and I have hit people by accident while playing softball.  In these sentences, Mom and I are back to being the subjects. Also, you put the other person first "Mom and I" not "I and Mom." Grammar Geek Nouns, Pronouns, Direct Objects, Indirect Objects

	YoHf  +  186466 Fri, 20 Jan 06 09:18 PM It depends on the context. You can have both "me" and "I", depending on it, just like GG has told. YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Senior Member 3,347 Shinichi Okazaki.

	Sam C  +  186477 Fri, 20 Jan 06 09:38 PM sorry if my question wasn't clear.  the advice was When used as the subject, use "I,"  whether you have another person as part of the subject or not. i wondered why? sam Sam C