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escaped Sat 23-Aug-25 07:43:42

welbeck

This is so prevalent now that I think it has become an alternative form.

Indeed.

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Chardy Sat 23-Aug-25 07:42:32

'Me and Fred' doesn't annoy me nearly as much as 'Fred and myself went to...'

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welbeck Sat 23-Aug-25 01:03:26

This is so prevalent now that I think it has become an alternative form.

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J52 Fri 22-Aug-25 19:18:13

This drives me mad as well! I was taught that if the pronoun stand on its own in the sentence then that’s the one to use. Thus : My sister and I went for a walk
I went for a walk.
We wouldn’t say ‘Me went for a walk’

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CountessFosco Fri 22-Aug-25 16:42:21

Virtually every day, we read or hear "me and my husband/sister/friend etc", even on the BBC [well, that's not really surprising is it], but shouldn't the grammatically correct way be "My husband/sister/friend and I"? Or does the phrase "my husband and I" have other connotations? smile

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