Express in English

Have you ever won­dered if you should say, “Suresh and myself…” or “Myself and Suresh…” or “Suresh and I…” or “Me and Suresh…” or “Suresh and me…?

Believe it or not, the basic English words “Me”, “Myself”, and “I” can become quite a challenge to incorporate properly.

I is a subject pronoun. Use it before the verb. A subject does the action of a verb in a sentence.

I run.
I spoke to my friend yesterday.
I went to the movies last night.

If you are not sure if you should use I or me with another person, remove the other person from the sentence and check if the sentence is still correct:

Latika will travel with Vishesh and myself.

EXPLANATION: Let’s remove “Vishesh and” from the sen­tence. Latika will not travel with myself. “Myself” must be a reflec­tion of “I,” and there’s no “I” in the sen­tence.

CORRECT FORM: Latika will travel with Vishesh and me.

When you have a double subject that includes I, always use 'and I'.

My mom and I love movies.

NOT: I and my mom love comedy movies.


My mom and I or my mom and me???

My mom and I love comedy movies.
My mom and me love movies.

'Me love movies' is not a correct English sentence. The subject should be I, so you should say my mom and I.



Me is an object pronoun. Use it after the verb. An object receives the action of the verb in a sentence.

He asked me a question.
She gave me her camera.
My dad told me to call.

Important note: Not all verbs are followed by an object. You can’t use me after certain verbs. For example,

He suggest me ...
She say me …
Can you explain me … ?


Me can also be the object of a preposition. After prepositions, use me.

Are you talking to me?


When you talk about two or more people including yourself, you can use me and … or … and me.

This is a photo of me and my brother.
This is a photo of my brother and me.

Myself is a reflexive pronoun.
It refers back to the subject of the sentence. In other words, a reflexive pronoun is a word that expresses something you do to yourself.

I love myself.
I bought myself a new car!
I gave myself a manicure.
Don’t worry. I’m not going to hurt myself.


Use myself after a preposition when the object of the preposition is the same as the subject of the sentence, or the when object of the preposition and the object pronoun are the same person.

I am proud of myself!
I did it all by myself!
He asked me some questions about myself.