I think there's a general paranoia about misusing "me" for "I", so
people tend to overcompensate and say "you and I" no matter what the
case. But in reality,
(1) You and I went to the ballgame.
But...
(2) Barry Bonds gave the autographed baseball to you and me.

Also, a really funny thing to say (because not many people say it
correctly):

"Are these the papers you need me to grade?"
"Yes, these are they."

Peace,
Ben

> ----------
> From:         Bob Yates
> Reply To:     Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> Sent:         Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:02 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:           Re: A Basic Question!
> 
> Jeff Glauner gave a good explanation to the question, but I want to
> suggest how
> Jennifer
> can be more certain about her "feeling."
> 
> "Rabinowitz, Jennifer" wrote:
> > Would you say "There's nothing between you and me" or "There's
> nothing
> > between you and I."  I think that it should be "you and me," but
> I've always
> > been lousy at grammar and so my sinking, defeatist feeling is that
> I'm
> > wrong, wrong, wrong.
> 
> English has a distinction between subject pronouns and object
> pronouns.
> 
> Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
> Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
> 
> The problem is that in conversation many dialects of English allow
> (1)
> 
> 1) Him and me went to the movies.
> 
> This is non-standard so we are taught that is it is always
> 
> 2) He and I went to the movies.
> 
> Corrections like (2) make us think that him and me or you and me is
> never right.
> We need a way
> to figure when the object pronouns are correct.  I think in ALL
> dialects of
> American English there is know important non-standard use of we and
> us.  This is
> relevant for confirming a "feeling."
> 
> Would you say (3) or (4)?
> 
> 3) between we
> 4) between us
> 
> Because the answer is "us," then the pronouns which are objects of
> between must be
> object pronouns.
> 
> Try this test the next time you have a question about which pronoun
> case in
> English.
> 
> Bob Yates
> 
> PS.  I am aware of the problem with whether one SHOULD say "it is we"
> or "it is
> us."  a
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