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Guest
#1597 Wed, 02 Jul 03 03:29 AM
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1. My boyfriend and I are going to the concert.
2. My boyfriend and me are going to the concert.
I KNOW #1 is correct. My friend says #2 is correct.
How do I explain to him that he is wrong? I know the error is incorrect pronoun usage.
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Jacko
#1600 Wed, 02 Jul 03 03:35 AM
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You're correct; the first one is the right one. You could easily tell him that if he removed "My boyfriend and," then you would have, "I [am] going to the concert." You definitely don't say "Me [am] going to the concert."
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maj
#1607 Wed, 02 Jul 03 07:47 AM
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-My boyfriend is the subject in this sentence.
-I is also the subject in this sentence
-I is a subject pronoun ( I, you, he, she, it , we, you, they)
-Me is an object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them)
So if you have My boyfriend and _____ are going to the concert, you obviously need a subject pronoun. My boyfriend and I are going to the concert.
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dc2c0pg
#1651 Wed, 02 Jul 03 07:44 PM
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Thanks for explaining subject and object pronouns. It's exactly what I need to win my bet!
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Jacko
#1752 Sat, 05 Jul 03 01:01 PM
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My [girlfriend] and I are going to the concert.
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advoca
#10693 Tue, 14 Oct 03 04:59 AM
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Unfortunately many people say "My boyfriend and me are going to the concert." But they are not speaking grammatically.
If you are learning English, try and learn the correct way to speak.
My boyfriend is going to the concert. I am going to the concert. Therefore, my boyfriend and I are going to the concert.
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mystical_angel
#10717 Tue, 14 Oct 03 09:50 AM
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Thanx for telling us about this coz i'm always making the same mistake.
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lulumi227
#10898 Thu, 16 Oct 03 12:10 PM
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I think that #1 is correct ."My boyfriend" is a subject in the sentence; however, "me" is an object."And" is a coordinating conjunction so you should use the subject "I" instead of "me".
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whl626
#10906 Thu, 16 Oct 03 01:50 PM
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If more people use ' me ', maybe one day it will become universally accepted speech in this sentence ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
Another eg :
Who is there inside ?
It is me ( I )
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