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As per the title, I don't understand why it is grammatically incorrect to say "me and John went to the park" as opposed to "John and I went to the park." Is any help on this available?

herisson
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daniel
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    It's not grammatically incorrect. It's perfectly common in all varieties of English and has been so for well over a century. The logic behind calling it ungrammatical is that you should be able to break up and simplify a conjoined noun phrase (= remove the “and x” or “x and” part) and still be left with a grammatical sentence, which is not the case here: removing “and John” yields “*me went to the park”, which is ungrammatical. There is good evidence, however, that conjoined noun phrases in current English function differently to simple ones, and this ‘test’ is not valid. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Aug 09 '15 at 11:49
  • You wouldn't (I hope) say "Me went to the park." Why would you say "Me and John went to the park"? – Hot Licks Aug 09 '15 at 12:17
  • Similarly when showing someone a photo and saying "That's me and John in the park." Right or wrong, it's what you hear everywhere. – Mynamite Aug 09 '15 at 13:06

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It is often considered bad form to put yourself first in such a statement, so rather than "me and John" it should be "John and me". In this case the options are

"John and me went to the park" or "John and I went to the park", following which the previous reply is still applicable.

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