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But an educated speaker is expected to keep his pronouns in line. Here, then, is a tip, Mr. President. Nobody chooses the wrong pronoun when it’s standing on its own. If you’re tempted to say “for Michelle and I” in tonight’s speech, just mentally omit Michelle (sorry, Mrs. Obama), and you’ll get it right. And no one will get on your case. A) The tip is hard to apply when it's "correcting" between Michelle and I. Between me makes no sense whatsoever. 2) I hear this "error" more from the educated than from the uneducated.
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"The King and I". It just sounds classier, more educated. It's a difference in style. The Queen and I had tea one day, and many others too  .
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... The tip is hard to apply when it's "correcting" between Michelle and I. Between me makes no sense whatsoever.
Neither does between I.
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The KING AND ME. Doesn't do it for me.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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[skronk]! The Queen and I had tea is correct. "Tea was given to the Queen and I" would not be. "The King and I" seems much more correct than "The King and Me" would be, given that there's no antecedent. Therefore there's a natural expectation that something-or-other is to follow: the King & I did this, or were this, etc. [going out on a limb e]
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Or either, "this story is about the King and I."
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Most of these things that "sound right to me" sound right because that's the way we're used to hearing them. If Anna and the King of Siam had been played and movied to The King and Me everyone would be saying that was what sounded right.
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