[Magdalen] The word “me”

[Grace Cangialosi]

One of my pet peeves as well, Allan!  However, do not despair--the use of
"me" is not dead!  I hear it all the time in sentences such as "Me and him
went to the store,"  "Me and Julie are going swimming," etc. You get the
idea!

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 4:23 AM Allan Carr via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I read messages in a group called Nextdoor. Most of my neighbors here in
> Southern California never use the word me, as in “A dog attacked my dog and
> I” (an actual sentence I just read).
> This is so common, even in newspapers, that I’m wondering if what we used
> to call the first person objective case “me“ has become obsolete in
> standard American English.
> If not, the proper usage is no longer drilled in school as it was years
> ago.
> Is the word “me” now obsolete?
>
> Allan Carr



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