I noticed that many times I hear people say "John wanted to give Joe and I the money". I ws always told to make it singular "John wnated to give me the money" but I still hear it said with an I. Is it ever correct to use these pronouns in a direct object position?
B K
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It should be "Joe and me" or "John wanted to give us the money". If you said "John wanted to give me the money", that would mean something entirely different. What you should never do is use "Joe and me" as the subject, it would be "Joe and I". e.g. Joe and I received some money from John.
Anonymous
I hesitate to say that it's never correct because I'm sure that if I do, I'll think of an exception later. Those pronouns should not generally be used as objects.
What do you mean you were told to make it singular? You can leave "Joe" in the sentence.
Amelia
You are right. People take the rule about "John and I went to the store" too far, and say that "John wanted to give Joe and I the money." What you really have to consider is just what you've said: you wouldn't say "John wanted to give I the money."
emily
No I don't think its correct, but people say it often because they don't know any better. You're supposed to say I think "John wanted to give Joe and me the money" and someone might correct you to say I instead, but point out that it would be wrong to say "give I the money".
Person
John wanted to give Joe and me the money.
You can have more than one pronoun for the direct object, but the pronouns for direct objects are "me, her, him."