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“Oh No, Grammar! (Part II)

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3. Me or I?  Would you say ‘Please let John and I see the agenda’ or ‘Please let John and me see the agenda’? The best way to answer this is to leave John behind for a moment. If it were only you asking you would say ‘Please let me see the agenda.’ You’d never say “Please let I see the agenda.’ So always use ‘John and me …’ in these cases.

4. Me or myself?  ‘Myself’ is a reflexive pronoun and should only be used with ‘I’: ‘I am not myself today.’  The common error that is often made is ‘Please reply to my secretary or myself’ when you should say ‘Please reply to my secretary or me.’

5. Should, shall, would and could. The following pairs are all correct:  I should appreciate it if you could/would …  I would appreciate it if you could … I shall appreciate it if you will.   Or simply use plain English: ‘Please would/could/will you …’ or, better still, a straightforward ‘Please …’ will suffice!

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