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This week's question is a very common question from learners of English. Should I say 'you and me' or 'you and I'?

In this programme Jo Hunter and Feifei Feng from BBC Learning¹ English talk us through the rules. They explain all about personal pronouns³.

I, you, he, she, we and they are all personal pronouns. When a personal pronoun² is the subject of a sentence they don't change.

- I listen to the radio.

OR

- We play computer games.

The personal pronouns change when they become the object of the sentence.

- He wanted me to check his work.

NOT

- He wanted I to check his work.

So if we're talking about two people - you and I - and they are the subject of the sentence - we would use you and I in English.

- You and I are meeting a colleague tonight.

- He and I are best friends.

However, if those two people become the object of the sentence then 'you and I' changes to 'you and me'.

- He is meeting you and me later.

- He is friends with us.

- He is friends with you and me.

One unfortunate thing you have to be very careful of though, is that native British speakers don't always follow that rule. They might say, "You and me are meeting a colleague tonight" or "Me and him are best friends".

Our advice is to follow the rules but just be aware that native speakers don't always do that!!

Glossary 词汇

rules

规则

personal pronouns

人称代词

subject

主语

sentence

句子

object

宾语

unfortunate

不幸的

native British speakers

英语为母语的英国人

advice

建议，劝告

be aware

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 pronoun   

n.代词

参考例句：

• The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.关系代名词做受词时常被省略。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

3 pronouns   

n.代词( pronoun的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Relative pronouns and adverbs introduce attributive clauses. 关系代词和关系副词引导定语从句。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• "I", "you"and "he" are all personal pronouns. I，you和he都是人称代词。 来自《简明英汉词典》