Ah, the age-old issue - how do I stop myself from sounding like Eliza Doolittle when I talk about my friends and me?
Too many of us don't know when to use 'me' and when to use 'I'. It means that we end up with constructions like Me and my mum went to the shop. NO. Firstly, you don't ever put yourself first. It's just rude. You always put yourself after the other person. Does that mean we end up with My mum and me went to the shop? NO. This is where you need to know the difference between 'me' and 'I'. 'I' is a subject - that means that if you use it, it goes at the start of the sentence. My mum and I went to the shop. 'Me' is an object - that means that if you use it, it goes at the end of the sentence. We went to the shop, my mum and me. An easy way to remember it is to test whether it's right by removing the other person, and seeing what you're left with. Take the first example My mum and me went to the shop. If you take away 'my mum', you're left with Me went to the shop. Clearly, it's not right. However, if you do the same to my mum and I went to the shop: I went to the shop. Bam! It totally works. This video explains it in more detail:
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