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Rule "I vs me"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: I vs me
Message: In this context, it seems that the correct pronoun is <suggestion>\3</suggestion>.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/you-i-versus-you-me/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They talked to Tom and I, but none of us replied.
    Correction suggestion: me
  • She bought a gift for Danny and I.
    Correction suggestion: me
  • Please include Tony and I.
    Correction suggestion: me
  • Jack ran off during the worst part of the storm, scaring Neil and I horribly.
    Correction suggestion: me
  • Could you email the details on your prepay deals to Phil and I, just in case we have questions regarding them.
    Correction suggestion: me
  • If you ask John and I, dogs should wear clothes.
    Correction suggestion: me
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Why are Tom and I here?.
  • We have things in common, Tom and I.
  • See you in February, perhaps both, Geoff and I, will be attending parents weekend at Stanford.
  • Let me know your schedule for the next few weeks, so you and David and I, can get together for another movie.
  • In other news, a few of us, including Art and I, are getting together for drinks after work tomorrow if you or anyone else is interested.
  • Ted – drums (1978–1981) We need to talk, just you and I
  • Chris is not going down, Mark and I only, and we are arriving to Miami on Tuesday afternoon and staying at the Hyatt.
  • We're very different, you and I.
  • We are, her and I, in the same class.
  • We are, not just you and I, in the same class.
  • ... in his memoirs In Memory Yet Green and I. Asimov: A Memoir …
  • It sees with so much more clarity than you or I.
ID: I_ME [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)