Re. Pop Grammar, Letters, October
Using I in the phrase "with you and I" is one of the most common mistakes heard or written today, even by CBC interviewers. I should only be used in the subjective form, as subject of a verb. The phrase should be read as "with you and me" where me is the object of the preposition, with. The objective form of pronouns can follow prepositions as well as verbs. For example, "They gave the books to you and me," and "she saw me/him/us/them at the store."
"You and I" could be correct if it was the subject of a sentence, e.g.: Remember? You and I were here a year ago.
The worst of today's usages is "me" used as a subject of a sentence. eg.: Me and my friend were there last night.
Another common error is confusing fewer and less. Fewer goes with countable nouns, e.g. "fewer suitcases" but "less luggage."
As the old adage states, language is alive and must keep changing.
