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’.
Let you and I settle the matter between ourselves.
Answer: A
Correct answer: me
After let, the pronoun is the object of the verb and must be in the objective case: let you and me. The error arises from over-correction. Speakers are taught that you and I is right in you and I went - where the pair is the subject - and then apply it everywhere, producing between you and I and let you and I, both wrong. The reliable test is to remove the other person: nobody would say let I settle the matter, which shows at once that me is required. The same test settles between you and me and he invited my brother and me. Myself is a reflexive pronoun and is correct only when the subject and object are the same person, as in I hurt myself; it is not a polite substitute for me. Mine is possessive and cannot be an object at all.
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