Is it impolite to say "me and someone" ?

Question

instead of "him and me" for instance. i've noticed that a lot of people in the US say me and him whereas in other countries it's really impolite. thank you

Answer 1

Americans have trouble differentiating between colloquial and correct. What is correct is not always colloquial, and what is colloquial is not always correct. We say, "Me and him went to the store." Although it sounds right, it isn't. The words 'me' and 'him' are objective case pronouns; therefore, they may only be used as direct objects, indirect objects and objects of the preposition as well as their appositives. Instead, one ought to use 'I' and 'he'; these pronouns are nominative case and may be used as subjects and predicate nouns as well as their appositives. The following sentences are correct ways to use both nominative and objective case pronouns:

"He and I went to the store."

"The musicians were he and I."

"The dog chased him and me."

"She gave her watch."

"The car belongs to him."

It is also proper to put the other person before self. Grammar is a good example of selflessness. Put others before self, and you'll be on the right road.

Nominative case pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, you, they

Objective case pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

I hope this helped.

Answer 2

Consider the following sentence: You and I should have lunch.

Is the correct form of this sentence "You and I ..." or "You and me ..."? This is a common source of confusion in English.

Fortunately, there's an easy way to decide whether to use "I" or "me" in such sentences. All you have to do is discard the word "you" then try the sentence with "I" and "me" one at a time. For example:

    * I should have lunch.

    * Me should have lunch.

Clearly the preferred form in this case is "I"; thus, the original sentence was correct as written. Here's another example: He'll blame you and I.

Discard the word "you" then try the sentence with "I" and "me" one at a time: so:

    * He'll blame I.

    * He'll blame me.

You can see that the second of these is correct. This means that the original sentence should have been: He'll blame you and me.

See how easy that was!

On a related note, when using phrases such as "you and me", "you and I" or "them and us", it is courteous to place the reference to yourself last. For example, we prefer:

    * He'll ask you and me later.

over:

    * He'll ask me and you later.

Answer 3

It's not impolite, it's grammatically incorrect.

"Him and me" is also incorrect.

Correct way to write it is, "He and I"  like, "He and I are going to the store."

Me= direct object. Such as, "She picked up Jessica and me from the store."

Answer 4

It is both impolite and clumsy. You should always say: Someone and me.

Answer 5

Lol that makes the other person seem not to matter. Say ''we'' or remember the film ''The king and I'' not ''I and the king''? or perhaps it only matters when members of royal blood come into the picture?

Answer 6

yeah we have the habit of saying that. i dont really consider that impolite cause like i said we all have the habit of saying "me" first . not like i am saying we are first its the habit of saying that way. i dont really like saying You and I.

Answer 7

why would you say "me and someone" if you know who the person is?  I don't know if it's impolite.  But I think you would say "me and him" or "me and her", or "he and I", or "she and I" if you know the person's s*x.

Answer 8

we

Answer 9

It is not impolite (in the United States anyway) for you to say "me and him".

It is, however, very rude to assume that your way of speaking English is superior to someone else's and attempt to "correct" their way of speaking. It has been my experience that most people detest snobbery.

Answer 10

Let me share with you a bit of knowledge my fifth-grade teacher passed on to me:

Every time someone in the class would say "Me and Adrienne went down the hallway..." she would say "Mean Adrienne?  What did Adrienne do to you?"

It doesn't have quite the same effect online as it does when she said it to us every day every time we said that, but the message I'm trying to get across is that no, it wouldn't be impolite but yes, it would be wrong.