Posted on 31/07/03
SOCIAL STUDIES
Me and usRob Kyff, a columnist for The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, has spotted a new menace: "It's the rampant proliferation of 'me' in the nominative case. . . . Within recent months, I've heard sentences like these slithering from the mouths of public officials ('The Republican leadership and me collaborated . . .'), business executives ('The board said my colleagues and me were fairly compensated . . .'), and graduation speakers ('I remember, back in high school, my friends and me . . .'). . . . So far, the use of the nominative 'me' has been restricted to double subjects, as in 'Jane and me.' But the single nominative 'me' is surely next."
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