Me, Myself and I

I still have my mother’s voice in my head from when I was little:

     "It’s not ‘Me and Sally are going to the shops’, it's ‘Sally and I’."

Whether we learn English as we are growing up, or learn it later in life, we learn the rules from the people around us. We are taught that it is rude to put yourself before someone else, and that you should say I.

Me and I are two words that are often confused. It may be because of that voice in our heads from when we are young that we try not to sound rude or wrong, and then we over-compensate.​

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