Me Or I?

[harryjones123]

I am hoping you can help me settle a dispute. Is the sentence, "Would you like to come to the cinema with Jenny and me?", correct or is it Jenny and I?
I am convinced it is the former but I have so far had the headmistress of my son's school and a professor of English from a notable university tell me that I am wrong...

[shoota]

You may turn to I.
Me is always right.
Innit?

[Sipowicz]

The I's have it?

[MarkRae]

The fact that this is even being discussed with any sort of sincerity is a sad indictment of the on-going dumbing down of this country.

[FredPuli43]

That's why I said "It's me" standing alone (is correct), Bert. We wouldn't, or shouldn't, launch into a sentence where 'me' is the subject, the effective nominative. of some long clause or sentence. "It's me" is accepted as an emphatic answer to "Who's there?" but "Me who is the manager of Barclays Bank who has come about your overdraft" is not ! But "Me. I am the manager..." sounds right, if a bit eccentric, because it suggests that the questioner ought to have known who it would be at their door, or so the manager thinks, and so the emphatic 'me' is used first by him, no doubt in exasperation.

English develops. All that can be done is to record eithe what educated people say, or what the vast majority say, and make that the rule for the time being.

[Sagz]

Let's just say that English is the most messed up language today...xP I always double check my grammar in every sentence before sending just to get a nonsense spell check change in the darn microsoft word program.

Your sentence "Jenny and Me" sounds correct, I think it's just the professor that makes things harder for himself on the English Literature.

[sandyRoe]

Are Rastafarians wrong when they say, 'I and I'?

[aelmpvw]

I still don't know what the film was

[sandyRoe]

Withnail an me ?

[boxtops]

It's definitely "come with Jenny and me". If you can say "us", then it's "me". You wouldn't say "Us are going" somewhere, you would say "Jenny and I (we) are going"..... so you say "come with us" (Jenny and me), not "come with we". Unless of course, as in sandy's example, you are speaking in patois....

[The Builder]

Even worse than "Jenny and I" would be "Jenny and myself" .........
........... punishable by death ;o)

[naomi24]

'Me' is correct.

[MarkRae]

I couldn't agree more, builder! There seems to be a weird notion that using the reflexive pronouns is, somehow, better English or more professional in some way.

"Anything else for yourself today, sir?"

[zinnie]

Hello, everyone that has posted.
I would have said the 'me' was correct the first time I read this post, but
I thought I would get some 'expert advice', and found this site
oxforddictionaries.com/words/i-or-me

It explains why the use of 'I' is correct in this particular use.

You live and learn.!

[jd_1984]

When the uneducated try and use a bigger (but grammatically incorrect) phrase or word to try and sell you something or to boost their particular point, it gets right on ones t*ts!!

[boxtops]

Zinnie, I think you've misinterpreted - that site definitely agrees with us that it's me, the example they give is

Rose spent the day with Jake and me

[harryjones123]

For those of you who are interested the film in question was Skyfall. It was very good although I don't think our blonde Bond was very Bondesque or is it Bond-esque?

[zinnie]

Thanks' Boxtops' you are right, I misinterpreted the explanation.... it is 'me'.

[ichkeria]

I thought I would get some 'expert advice', and found this site
oxforddictionaries.com/words/i-or-me

It explains why the use of 'I' is correct in this particular use.

Someone else has already quoted this link, which actually explains very well (so I thought, anyway) that "me" is correct(!)

[LyndaB]

Definitely Jenny and me. Of course you could also say "Jenny and I are going to the cinema - woud you like to come with us"

[dannyk13]

If the person spoken about is linked with a verb then I is correct, otherwise
it is me.Eg 1.Sam and I are going with Danny.2. Danny came with Sam and me. (Simples)