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Rule "me (I)"

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Description: me (I)
Message: Did you mean I?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/you-i-versus-you-me/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Tim and me work together.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • Digitization and me don't agree.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • Mary and me would often walk in the park.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • However, Tim and me work well together.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • First of all, digitization and me don't agree.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • Whenever possible, Mary and me would walk in the park.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • On the other hand, she and me would walk in the park.
    Correction suggestion: I
  • Mary and myself are going to the beach later.
    Correction suggestion: I
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Tim and I work together.
  • Let Fred and me know what works.
  • I think you should let Tom and me go to Australia by ourselves.
  • She says that the company has hired a car to take Rose, another person and me home on Thursday after the big party.
  • Driving out to Brookhaven, LI, to meet with Steve and me was really beyond the call of duty.
  • Our service management folk and myself included really dislike seeing red alerts.
  • Please could Carolyn, Kay or Greg let Kent and me know if the Turbine Contract will be dated a date other than May 2?
  • You and me forever, my love.
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ID: CONFUSION_OF_ME_I [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-22 22:33:07 +0200)