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@DebaterMAX
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 • 7 months ago •
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How do I phrase this?
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So I'm writing an essay and one of the sentences ends with "... affect me and my community". I've gotten 2 reviewers saying keep it as is, 1 saying to change it to my community and I, and another saying to have it be myself and my community. Which one should I use? Or is there a better phrase to use?

Edit: Please try to keep it to 4 words.

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@ajdekon
101 answers, 195 votes
 • 7 months ago[edited]

Grammatically, "affect my community and I" is incorrect because you only use "blank and I" when it's the subject, aka the one doing the verb. "affect my community and me" is grammatically correct, and so is "affect me and my community." It's up to you which one to pick, but I personally like "affect my community and me"

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@DebaterMAX7 months ago [edited]

So you recommend me and my community or my community and me?

@ajdekon7 months ago

"my community and me"

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@JustRipoolLuck7
29 answers, 36 votes
 • 7 months ago[edited]

It is actually "affect my community and me," I think so because you are not talking about just one human being. This is a place and a group of people should include the me at the end. I had the same problem, but my mom helped me fix that in my story.

I hoped this helped =)

Sorry if not...

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@user_jean_13
21 answers, 6 votes
 • 7 months ago

Sorry, but don't listen to @ajdekoninck. The only correct way to word that phrase is "affect my community and me." Trust me on this. Or run it through grammar.ly if you don't believe me.

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@ajdekon7 months ago [edited]

Grammarly does say that, but I used other grammar checkers that found no problems with the other version

@user_jean_137 months ago

there is no "me and ____" in the English grammatical language. Period.

@gracecatan7 months ago

@user_jean_13 You're free to share your opinions and thoughts and even respectfully disagree here, but please don't be rude or put down the thoughts and opinions of other people for any reason. It's okay to add your input to the conversation even if it's perfectly contrary to someone else's, but you should never straight up say, "don't listen to @person" because that's just rude. I hope you're able to take this gracefully and learn from this :)

@user_jean_137 months ago

What is grammatically correct is not a "thought or opinion" but a fact...

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