Mixing use of object and subject pronouns

[teflsecretagent]

I'm curious if there are any special constructions or idioms whereby object or subject pronouns swap.

For example, I hear many people say 'Janet and I' instead of 'Janet and me'
and I also think that in passive voice it sounds ok to mix pronouns slightly, another example

'The work was done by I' - I know this is not correct but when I was living in Birmingham England, I was sure I heard expressions like this all the time!

Are there any well known idioms which disobey subject/object pronoun rules?

 

[TheParser]

I'm curious if there are any special constructions or idioms whereby object or subject pronouns swap.

For example, I hear many people say 'Janet and I' instead of 'Janet and me'
and I also think that in passive voice it sounds ok to mix pronouns slightly, another example

'The work was done by I' - I know this is not correct but when I was living in Birmingham England, I was sure I heard expressions like this all the time!

Are there any well known idioms which disobey subject/object pronoun rules?

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Teflsecretagent,


(1) Here in the United States, many people (of all ages) say

something like: Me and my best friend went to Disneyland

yesterday.

(a) I do not think this is an idiom. Maybe it is just bad English.

Hopefully, most Americans realize that the correct way is:

My friend and I ....

(2) Also, many people are starting to use "I" after a preposition

-- even by supposedly educated people. One theory is that they

think that "I" sounds more elegant than "me"; another theory is that

they faintly remember that "good" English calls for "It is I," so they

feel it is very elegant to say: This secret is between you and I.


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