In some languages the form of a noun varies according to its grammatical function in the sentence (its case). A word takes one kind of ending when it is the subject, another when it is the object, and so forth. Luckily, writers of English do not observe such complicated distinctions for nouns. But we still discriminate between subject and object pronouns: "I" and "me," "she" and "her," "he" and "him," "who" and "whom," among others. Writers who fail to observe the difference between subject and object pronouns are likely to write expressions such as:
Till the stars fall from the sky / For you and IA singer straining to find a rhyme might resort to this usage, but it will not redound to your credit as a Yale undergraduate. Pronouns following prepositions always take the objective case ("For you and me"), as do pronouns that function as direct objects ("The Dean gave Stanley and me a hard time"). When uncertain about pronoun case, some writers incorrectly substitute "myself" for "me" ("The award went to Kim and myself"). "Myself" does not mean the same thing as "me"; use "myself" only in contexts when you mean to emphasize your solitariness or independence ("I did it all myself").
See WP 40-1 and Purdue handout
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