Remember that when writing a list of people including
yourself in a sentence, you must first ask yourself if the group
of people is serving as the subject of the sentence or the object. It is not always "you and I".
If the group of people serves as the subject in the sentence, place yourself
last and use the pronoun I. Think of it this way: it is polite to let others go
before you. Also, if you are putting yourself as the subject of a sentence, you
would say I not me.
I like to eat pizza.
NOT
Me like to eat pizza.
If the group of people serves as the object or object of a
preposition, use the pronoun me. As in the previous example, you would say "to me" not "to I."
Give that book to me.
NOT
Give that book to I.
If you are confused as to whether to use I or me in a
sentence, always take out the other people in the list and use I or me and it
should become instantly clear which pronoun is correct.
Group as a subject:
My brother and I enjoy riding
bikes after school.
Group as an object:
My mother enjoys
the holidays so much that she makes cookies for my brother and me every
day during December.
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