Writing Tips
Is it me or is it I? These two pronouns are apt to be confused by the masses. Frequently, I hear people speaking about a subject and they’re trying their best to sound educated when inevitably the subject matter lends reason to include such phrases as “he and I” (nominative forms) or “him and me” (objective forms). I will hear someone say, “that is between him and I”, or “they left the money with Will and I.”
The easy way to remember which is correct is to take the first person out of the sentence and leave the sentence with the personal pronoun (me, I) standing. Your sentence would look like this, “they left the money with I.” Of course you know that is incorrect.
A pronoun in the nominative case is either the subject of a verb or follows a linking verb. A pronoun in the objective case is the object of a preposition. I is the personal pronoun used when the person is taking action. “I threw the ball to James.” Me is the personal pronoun used when the person is the receiver of the action. “He threw the ball to Daryl and me.”
There are only seven words in the English language that have different nominative and objective forms: I/me, we/us, he/him, she/her, they/them, who/whom, and whoever/whomever.