A while back I’d asked people on my social media to tell me about their pet peeves, and I got some responses like:

• Getting patted on the head
• Sweat
• Socks with dress shoes
• Bad breath

I’m talking about a pet peeve I have where people who think they’re right are wrong. And I’m speaking grammatically. There’s a lot that’s been mangled with the language like typing “your” instead of “you’re” and other little things like that. But it’s starting to become widespread when people misuse the function of the conjunction.

I’m talking about people who now go out of their way to say “you and I” in the wrong instances because someone has told them that’s the right thing to say. Well, next time someone tries to correct you about that, listen up.

I’m talking about you and me because I follow the rule of the function of the conjunction and because it shortens two phrases or sentences. Here’s the breakdown:

              I’m talking about you and me is short for

              I’m talking about you AND I’m talking about me

What happens if you put in “I” instead of me? I’m talking about you AND I’m talking about I. Where does that make sense?

The grammar rule is that “I” is only a subject pronoun and never an object. So the same goes for the following:

              You and me need to go to the store is short for

              You need to go to the store AND me need to go to the store

Do I need to go further?