Draconalis said:
Mydnyght said:
Not when used in a prepositional phrase. You don't say "right in front of I," do you?
Granted that English is my weakest subject... and American education system to be rather sub-par... but I was always taught that "*name* and me" is just incorrect.
And frankly speaking, "Right in front of the Princess and me" just sounds wrong to my ears. And who are you going to believe? Whoever taught you English; or my ears?
Think about that one for a moment...
It's because it's much more rare to use it like in the second. The basic grammar point(I think) is actually, that the 'and' doesn't change whatever grammar rules you'd use normally if the words were by themselves.
So 'Graham and me had a party' doesn't work because 'me had a party' is nonsense. Equally if you say. 'There was a party right in front of Graham and I', it doesn't work because 'there was a party right in front of I' is nonsense.
If it's sounding bad to your ears, try ' right in front of me and the princess' rather than 'princes and me', that might sound a bit better.
Tbh, there's not many situations where this stuff actually brings any more clarity to the conversation, but if we're talking about actual rules, it's not just someone being taught wrong, this is how it works