Comments on: Smart People, Bad Grammar

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:05:07 +0000

Thomas, it depends on the context. In “between you and me” you know that between is a preposition, and pronouns after prepositions go in the accusative form, that is why you need to use “me” and not “I.”

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:14:09 +0000

I have always used the simple test that if you would replace the “you and I/me” expression with “we”, then it is “you and I”. Alternatively, if you would replace it with “us” than it is “you and me”.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:53:38 +0000

The explanation really doesn’t explain this particular use, in “… between you and I”, because “I” is neither the subject nor the object in this sentence. The subject is “That” (as it’s the thing that “will be”) and I don’t think there is an object.

So, what to do in the case when “I”/”me” is neither subject nor object? Is it always “I” then?