Grammar police help needed

[PrincessFiona]

Adrian chose (he,him) and (I,me) for his team.

Please give it to either (he,him) or (I,me) after you're finished.

He walked right by derek and (I,me)

The top prizes were awarded to (he,him) and (I,me)

Gail invited Joan,Him and (I,me) to the party at her house.

Can anyone give me a quick look at the answers that they would choose and the justifications (grammar rules).

Thanks

kris

[PrincessFiona]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PrincessFiona]

So...I don't know the reason, but I had always been under the impression that you should say Gail Invited Joan, Jim and I to the party at her house. I understand taht joan, jim and I are the direct object so technically...it should be me...but...I just *sounds* right. I don't know why I feel that.

kris

[PrincessFiona]

Were you homeschooled or was she just your teacher?

I *think* you win....since...Andrew got each of those answers wrong and your answers were the alternatives.

I just re-read them so many times that I couldn't *feel* which ones were right.

Kris

the rule I've always followed with that one is you use "me" when the sentence could also be read "Adrian chose me for his team". You wouldn't have it say "Adrian chose I for his team."

I could be wrong, though.

[alison]

You can translate them into German and it may help...

Er hat X, Y und mich eingeladen. You wouldn't say Er hat X, Y und ich eingeladen.

[PrincessFiona]

What's funny, Alison, is that I *Get* and know the nominative, accusative, dativ etc in german but I had to look up the correct forms of the pronouns for the accusative in english I guess it's because I'm lazy about english, going by feel and not by the rules...whereas with german I have to think about it!

Thanks for the help with this you guys.

kris

the rule I've always followed with that one is you use "me" when the sentence could also be read "Adrian chose me for his team". You wouldn't have it say "Adrian chose I for his team."

I could be wrong, though.

I think this is totally right. It's what I do, and I was an English major.

You can translate them into German and it may help...

Er hat X, Y und mich eingeladen. You wouldn't say Er hat X, Y und ich eingeladen.

Funny. Translating into German doesn't help me with it at all!

[alison]

I have to think about the stuff in German in order to get it right in English.

Actually there's a good book out there, English Grammar for Students of German.