Right. Time to be curmudgeonly... where has this inability to use "Me" come from? "Good morning from John [or someone] and I", said the woman signing off at the end of "Saturday Live" on R4 this morning. Others would say "Good morning from John and myself". Why ever not "from John and me"????
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
You're right,L. I think it's because of: "My husband and I ". This is perceived to be posh and is therfore used in all cases whether it's correct or not. Between you and me, it annoys me too.
It's all back to the wretched business of people not knowing their subject from their object from their dative, ablative or reflexive forms of pronouns. Makes me shout at the TV/radio too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'd say, and I might well be wrong , if you take out the other name, ( like John and me / John and I ) and see which makes sense. My husband and I are going to the cinema. ( I am going to the cinema) works Goodbye from John and I ( goodbye from I ) doesn't work.
The essential thing is to communicate Ruby and yes.
This is Curmudgeon Central so we're allowed to have a moan about falling standards in education and grammar and anything else that winds us up. Feel free to indulge your own pet hates.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I think it's because of: "My husband and I ".
This is perceived to be posh and is therfore used in all cases whether it's correct or not.
Between you and me, it annoys me too.
My husband and I are going to the cinema. ( I am going to the cinema) works
Goodbye from John and I ( goodbye from I ) doesn't work.
This is Curmudgeon Central so we're allowed to have a moan about falling standards in education and grammar and anything else that winds us up. Feel free to indulge your own pet hates.