Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
Between you and I, the plan is unlikely to succeed.
Answer: B
Correct answer: me
A pronoun following a preposition takes the objective case. Between is a preposition, so the correct form is between you and me. This is the classic over-correction in English. Speakers are told that you and I is right in you and I went - where the pair is the subject - and then apply it after prepositions, where it is wrong. The reliable test is to remove the other person and read what remains: nobody would say between I, which settles the case at once. The same test resolves let you and me and he invited my brother and me. Myself is reflexive and correct only when the subject and object are the same person, as in I hurt myself; it is not a genteel substitute for me. A related point: between is used of two, among of more than two - correct here, since only two people are involved.
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