[Magdalen] The word “me”

[Juli Tarsney]

Me and Julio down by the schoolyard...

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:28 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>