Which is correct: "The teacher spoke to my father and I" or "The teacher spoke to my father and me"?

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I don't have any solid reason but I feel "The teacher spoke to my father and me." is the correct one out of the two.

But some claim that the latter is the correct version, i.e. "The teacher spoke to my father and I". Could someone please give reasons as to which one is correct and why? Thank you!

You might do some research into pronoun use in prepositional phrases. — user3169, Aug 18 '17 at 23:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '17 at 21:36

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Starting from

The teacher spoke to my father and me.

If you break it into three variants

The teacher spoke to my father.

The teacher spoke to me.

The teacher spoke to I.

The last one is wrong, so this should show your sentence is correct.

answered Aug 18 '17 at 21:36

Weather Vane

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The answer is correct, but the reasoning isn't. Compare "It is my dog". "It is John's dog". "It is my and John's dog"? – James K Aug 18 '17 at 23:54
@JamesK in your example it is our dog, so you suggest this answer should be The teacher spoke to us ? – Weather Vane Aug 19 '17 at 01:02
I don't. The correct answer is the teacher spoke to my father and me. The answer is correct, but the reasoning isn't. – James K Aug 19 '17 at 06:39

Which is correct: "The teacher spoke to my father and I" or "The teacher spoke to my father and me"?

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