Writing Tip
Karen Allen, a former work buddy and editor extraordinaire, asked me to feature a writing tip aimed at correcting the grammatical error of placing "me" first in a sentence. "Makes me nuts," she said.
"Me" is an object pronoun, while "I" is a subject pronoun. This means "me" can never be used as the subject of a sentence. To make it easy, delete "and my friends" before forming a sentence. You wouldn't say, "Me joined a book club." You'd say, "I joined a book club." For the sake of etiquette, you'd place your friends before yourself in the sentence, which should read, "My friends and I joined a book club."
You're welcome, Karen. If anyone else has a pet grammatical peeve, email me and I'll feature it.
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