I and John are look nice in this picture.

[jackson6612]

Hi,

Which of the first two sounds more natural? Is #3 incorrect altogether? Is #3 okay as an informal expression?

1: I and John are looking nice in this picture.
2: John and I are looking looking nice in this picture.
3: John and me are looking looking nice in this picture.

 

[probus]

Hi,

Which of the first two sounds more natural? Is #3 incorrect altogether? Is #3 okay as an informal expression?

1: I and John are looking nice in this picture.:cross:
2: John and I are looking looking nice in this picture.:tick:
3: John and me are looking looking nice in this picture.

3 is acceptable in informal speech. Don't use it in writing.

 

[Glizdka]

Not a teacher. Just asking a question.
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3 is acceptable in informal speech. Don't use it in writing.

Would you say "John and me..." or "Me and John..." is more common?

 

[emsr2d2]

Would you say "John and me..." or "Me and John..." is more common?

Careful native speakers would say neither. They're both wrong. In the casual, everyday speech of some native speakers, you'll hear "Me and John" more often than the other way round (at the start of a sentence). When the error is made later in a sentence, as the object of the sentence, it's usually "John and me".

 

[Glizdka]

Me and Jackson6612 asked about "John and me", and emsr2d2 reminded Jackson6612 and me that it's an error. Hopefully, Jackson6612 and I will never make that mistake.

 

[emsr2d2]

Me and Jackson6612 asked about "John and me", and emsr2d2 reminded Jackson6612 and me that it's an error. Hopefully, Jackson6612 and I will never make that mistake.

That'll never do. You only got one of the uses wrong!! You could at least have got them all wrong. Consistency is important!! ;-)

 

[jutfrank]

When the error is made later in a sentence, as the object of the sentence, it's usually "John and me".

I'm not sure what you mean. I would have said me and John is more common whether subject or object. Also, it isn't an error when me is an object, right?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry, messed up my own message! I meant that "John and I" is wrongly used as the object sometimes.

 

[Glizdka]

Sorry, messed up my own message! I meant that "John and I" is wrongly used as the object sometimes.

You mean like in this song that the radio stations in my area are spamming to drive me crazy?

 

[GoesStation]

You could at least have got them all wrong. Consistency is important!!

Hobgoblinicly speaking, that is.

 

[GoesStation]

Sorry, messed up my own message! I meant that "John and I" is wrongly used as the object sometimes.

President Obama is remarkably consistent in this.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's marginally less irritating than people using "myself" instead of "me" and "I".

 

[Glizdka]

You mean people like myself?