There is an easy test to apply when deciding if you should use ‘I’ or ‘me’ in a sentence.
Look at these two sentences:
- My father is taking me and my friends out to dinner.
- My father is taking my friends and I out to dinner.
In this case, the first sentence is correct. The test is to shorten
the sentences:
- My father is taking me out to dinner.
- My father is taking I out to dinner.
Now you can easily see that the first version is correct. You would not say: My father is taking I out to dinner.
Therefore, you would not say: My father is taking my friends and I out to dinner.
A similar test can be applied with the following two sentences:
- My friends and I are going out for dinner.
- My friends and me are going out for dinner.
Just shorten the sentences:
- I am going out for dinner.
- Me is going out for dinner.
You can immediately see that the first version is correct: I am going out for dinner.
Therefore, the following is correct: My friends and I are going out for dinner.
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