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umaa.spk  +  668441 Mon, 09 Feb 09 10:43 PM
Can you correct me if I've done any pronoun errors.


We scored as many goals as them

Sam and I were present.
Can you sing as well as them
Let you and I try what we can do
Wait for Harry and me
You know that as well as me
It was me that gave you the alarm
Between you and I, I do not believe him
We are not so poor as them
Sam is as old as me
He is known to my brother and me
He is as good as me


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rafaelinrio  +  668532 Tue, 10 Feb 09 01:41 AM
We scored as many goals as them.
We scored as many goals as they did. (correct form, the form above is very common in informal spoken language, it's incorrect though)

Sam and I were present. OK

Can you sing as well as them.
Can you sing as well as they can?

Let you and I try what we can do
Let you and ME try what we can do.

Wait for Harry and me. OK
You know that as well as me
You know that as well as I do.

It was me that gave you the alarm  OK
Between you and I, I do not believe him

We are not so poor as them
We are not so poor as they are.

Sam is as old as me
Sam is as old as I am.
He is known to my brother and me
He is as good as me
He is as good as I am.

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Yankee  +  668663 Tue, 10 Feb 09 05:44 AM
Hi Umaa

Here are a few additional comments:

Let you and I try what we can do.  This sentence sounds very awkward.  Why not just begin with "Let's" (i.e. "let us")? 
I would also change the word "try" to something else:

- Let's see what we can do.

Between you and I, I do not believe him. This is wrong grammatically, but often heard in informal English.  To make it grammatically correct, you need an object pronoun after the preposition:
- Between you and me, I do not believe him.

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