English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

ON PERSONAL PRONOUNS

This should remain ~between you and I~ (nonstandard).
This should remain *between you and me* (standard).
Objective pronouns like me, him, her and them should be used after prepositions like between, at, in, for, and of.
Drop it *with them*, not they.
Give it *to her*, not she.
He spat *on him*, not he.

He is taller ~than me~ (nonstandard).
He is taller *than I* (standard).
The subjective pronoun is used after conjunctions such as “than” and “as”. The sentence can be realised in full as:
He is taller than I am tall (not, he is taller than me is tall).
GAB

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