Learn English – You and Me both

grammaticalityword-choice

Which is correct:

Me and Bob have both reviewed the fees.

Bob and I have both reviewed the fees.

I ask this because it sounds more grammatically correct to say Me and Bob when using the word both because you are clearly demonstrating that it was a combined project between two people. Whereas the word I is truly singular and not inclusive as a group effort.

It's as though I've made the subject of both people together and in using the word both have altered the idea that You and I is correct here.

Best Answer

You would use I for the subject of the sentence and not Me. The fact that the subject is plural is not relevant. The fact the the tense is past or past perfect or present perfect is not relevant. The inclusion of both is not relevant.

If we take the first sentence and discard words two through five, we are left with:

"Me have reviewed the fees."

Clearly this sentence both sounds ungrammatical and is ungrammatical.

The extra verbiage is masking the flaw to your "ear".