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C2C  #230722  Wed, 31 May 06 03:48 AM
I've been learning how to properly use pronouns and I'd like to know if I've got right idea with these few sentences here...


Please give James and I your undived attention.

Justin and I are going to set a meeting date.

Mom told Dad and her the good news.

Send the letter to Sarah and I.

Thanks


  
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CalifJim  #230748  Wed, 31 May 06 06:41 AM
Subject pronouns:  he, she, I, we, they
Non-subject:  him, her, me, us, them

it and you are invariable, i.e., used as both subject and non-subject pronouns.

Use the subject pronouns for the subject of a sentence.  Use the non-subject pronouns everywhere else.
(The subject is not stated in an imperative, so you won't find a subject pronoun in an imperative sentence!)

Give me your attention.   Give James and me your attention.
Send the letter to me.   Send the letter to Sarah and me.

CJ

  
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C2C  #230909  Wed, 31 May 06 12:57 PM
So I got them wrong with those two sentences?
  
Grammar Geek  #231217  Thu, 01 Jun 06 05:15 AM
Yes, they were wrong in the two sentences CJ listed.  Take the other person out of the sentence to see if it should be "I" or "me" and then keep that one when you add the other person back in, as Jim suggests.
  
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