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Me friend or my friend, which is correct?

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https://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/mevsmy.html wrote:
"I'm going to my room." So, "I'm going to my and Margaret's room," is correct.

A real point of confusion arises when considering the use of "my" or "me" as the "subject" of a gerund.

The teacher didn't like me telling jokes in class.

The teacher didn't like my telling jokes in class.

But which is correct? Well they both are - sort of, but the use of the possessive, "my telling jokes in class " serves to isolate the telling of jokes as the object of my teacher's anger. It's hopefully not "me" at whom she/he has become upset, but the telling of jokes. In the sentence, "me telling jokes in class", it might seem as though the teacher doesn't like me personally. The rule is that the subject of a gerund is supposed to be in the possessive case.

Remember though that this is a purists view. Both are now becoming acceptable through common usage. However ...
If you were to say “my friend” you would be saying that you own your friend. :P

Oftentimes me grammar checker won’t flag; meaning either term is acceptable. I use Mac, so I will go with what it flags. Me wonders, will it flag now? It didn’t flag until I pasted me text into the pages app on me iMac, so I used red to indicate unacceptable grammar.

MEii is a keyword for finding other references, as to why me preference is to use me wherever acceptable. KWii will find all of these otherwise unfindable ii type keywords. Word definitions and usage are at times very important, as demonstrated by a misunderstanding of the word “peruse” shown here in me Joseph in the Gap type thread.

Me friend or my friend, which is correct?

It did flag on me title, and changing the word order didn't matter.

“My friend or me friend, which is correct?", still flags, so I will try some online checkers.

I made red anything that did flag, and will henceforth follow Apple guidelines, with few exceptions, such as when saying "my friend" would mean that I own him or her, which are now shown in pink.

While using "me" has been shown to be ok,
I am open to the purist idea of using "my" more often;
what does your grammar checker say, and what do you think?

Correct grammar, also requires that titles must be underlined. :mrgreen: :geek: dbnp

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My friend.
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A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel tucked into his pants.

The bartender asks him why he has that there.

"Arrrgh!! It's drivin' me nuts."

(I would have changed bar/bartender to something else, but a bar is most plausible.)

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In the North of England we don't say "my" much, we say "me"

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My friend or me friend, which is correct?
Was tried in seven online checkers.

https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check
https://smallseotools.com/grammar-checker These 2 said, "No problem".

https://www.scribens.com
https://quillbot.com/grammar-check
https://www.grammarcheck.net/editor
https://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck
https://www.reverso.net/spell-checker/e ... ng-grammar these 5 said, "Me was bad".

So if you are my dog, then you are my friend, but if you are a person, then you are me friend.

My kittens are my friends, but I don't own me people type friends. :mrgreen: dbnp

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Chip wrote: August 20th, 2021, 4:50 pm A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel tucked into his pants.

The bartender asks him why he has that there.

"Arrrgh!! It's drivin' me nuts."

(I would have changed bar/bartender to something else, but a bar is most plausible.)
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