{"id":1205,"date":"2019-05-06T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.orochinagi.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2019-05-10T08:21:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T08:21:50","slug":"you-and-i-vs-you-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/grammar\/you-and-i-vs-you-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"You and I vs You and me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m making coffee, would you like some?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

x: oh yes, me like coffee<\/p>\n

o: oh yes, I<\/strong> like coffee<\/p>\n

x: oh yes, us<\/strong> like coffee<\/p>\n

o: oh yes, we<\/strong> like coffee<\/p>\n

The coffee is ready!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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x: give it to I<\/strong><\/p>\n

o: give it to me<\/strong><\/p>\n

x: give it to we<\/strong><\/p>\n

o: give it to us<\/strong><\/p>\n

So,<\/p>\n

We<\/strong> is the plural of I<\/strong><\/p>\n

Us<\/strong> is the plural of me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andy and I (we<\/strong>) are brothers<\/p>\n

Takuma is taking Robert and me (us<\/strong>) to the station<\/p>\n

Many English speakers (and natives) get these confused and don’t use it properly.\u00a0 Generally, if you can replace<\/p>\n

xx and I<\/strong> with we<\/strong><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

xx and me<\/strong> with us <\/strong><\/p>\n

then it’s a good sentence!<\/p>\n

Usage vs Grammar<\/h1>\n

People often say :\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Me and the boys<\/em> are going to the club later<\/p>\n

Me and my friends<\/em> are really happy about the win<\/p>\n

Me and Mrs Jones<\/em><\/p>\n

This is not good grammar; it should be:<\/p>\n

The boys and I<\/p>\n

My friends and I<\/p>\n

Mrs Jones and I<\/p>\n

Practice<\/h5>\n

Use I \/ me<\/strong> to complete the following:<\/p>\n

Give the scrolls to __________ now!<\/p>\n

Wubba wubba! ______ am in the pink today, boy!<\/p>\n

Krauser and _________ are half brothers.<\/p>\n

You and ______ are gonna meet in the tournament tommorow.<\/p>\n

Use we \/ us<\/strong> to complete the following:<\/p>\n

Our parents love _____________ very much<\/p>\n

Takuma will teach _______ the art of fighting.<\/p>\n

Robert is not one of __________, I’m joking, stop crying, you’re family, Robert!<\/p>\n

Joe should put his clothes back on, he’s going to get ________ arrested<\/p>\n

Meet ______ outside the restaurant at 7pm, ok?<\/p>\n

Could ______ have pizza for lunch?<\/p>\n

[ Me and my boys\u00a0 \/ The boys and I ] are enjoying this party<\/p>\n

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Answers<\/h1>\n

Use I \/ me<\/strong> to complete the following:<\/p>\n

Give the scrolls to __________ now!<\/p>\n

Wubba wubba! ______ am in the pink today, boy!<\/p>\n

Krauser and _________ are half brothers.<\/p>\n

You and ______ are gonna meet in the tournament tommorow.<\/p>\n

Use we \/ us<\/strong> to complete the following:<\/p>\n

Our parents love us very much<\/p>\n

Takuma will teach us the art of fighting.<\/p>\n

Robert is not one of us, I’m joking, stop crying, you’re family, Robert!<\/p>\n

Joe should put his clothes back on, he’s going to get us arrested<\/p>\n

Meet us outside the restaurant at 7pm, ok?<\/p>\n

Could we have pizza for lunch?<\/p>\n

The boys and I are enjoying this party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m making coffee, would you like some? x: oh yes, me like coffee o: oh yes, I like coffee x: oh yes, us like coffee o: oh yes, we like coffee The coffee is ready!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1216,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}