I’m writing my essay and I have a grammar question. Which one of these sentences is correct?
The fight created a rift between John and I.
The fight created a rift between John and me.
The fight created a rift between John and myself.
Please help!
<p>2 is correct.</p>
<p>StayGold:</p>
<p>Pleeease understand that "I" is a subject (a thing that does something) and "me" is an object (the thing to which the subject does something).</p>
<p>This is not personal, but I get frustrated when people who've been over-corrected for their entire lives always think "I" is correct. "Me" works sometimes! :)</p>
<p>Good luck with your writing!</p>
<p>Yes, only #2 is right. "Me" is an object of a preposition (between), "I" is a subject pronoun, and "myself" is a reflexive object pronoun. It seems that "myself" is used incorrectly more and more in everyday language. A lot of people seem to use "myself," thinking that it sounds more impressive than "I" or "me," when actually they are using it incorrectly. One should only use "myself" if he/she is referring to an action or other verb done to himself/herself. (I'm washing myself. I'm talking to myself.) I actually shudder internally when I hear highly educated speakers use "myself" in the place of "I" or "me."</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>I also shudder internally...and roll my eyes...and feel my heart palpitate unpleasantly...and...well let's just say grammar should be emphasized more than it is.</p>
<p>The easy way to always tell which is right is to take out the other person and see which makes sense. Like if you had "John and me had a fight," you take out John, and "Me had a fight" clearly is wrong, so it should be I.</p>
<h1>2 is correct. gloaming's method is the one i use quite often</h1>
<p>Ever learn the cases? It's a quick way to know which one to use.</p>
<p>Nominative - I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they</p>
<p>Objective - me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them</p>
<p>Nominative - subjects, predicate nominatives
Objective - objects of anything (DO, IO, OP)</p>