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Rule "I vs me"

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Description:	I vs me
Message:	In this context, it seems that the correct pronoun is \3.
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.
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ID:	I_ME [3]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-04 22:33:07 +0200)