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The Duke and I - Julia Quinn

I haven't read this book, but the title leapt off the screen and screamed at me:

http://www.amazon.fr/dp/0380800829/ref=pe_39711_24636301_pe_epc_t3

What would have been wrong with "The Duke and me"?

jacquie
13 years ago

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Both "X and I" and "X and me" are correct. If it is the subject of a sentence, you use I: "The King and I are married." If it is the object, you use me: "He looked and the King and me." Just remove "the King and" from the sentence and see if it sounds right. "He looked at I" is not right but "He looked at me" is correct.
Sarah
13 years ago
You are both, of course, right. I'm thinking in French, not English. In French it would be "le duc et moi".
jacquie
13 years ago
My mom is a Speech Therapist and would always correct us when we said "me and X" instead of "X and me", so I learned that one pretty quickly. Borrow vs. lend was another big one that we would mix up and she'd catch us: "Will you borrow me a pen?" "No, but I will lend you one." Then I found myself doing the same thing to someone about 10 years younger than me! I never mixed up teach and learn, but I am often surprised by hearing, "Can you learn me how to do it?"
Sarah
13 years ago

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