Why is me and my friend wrong?

Nowadays it`s common to hear " you and me", but it`s wrong because "me" is an object pronoun and must be used after a preposition, a verb and so on. You might not hear it all the time but it is "my friend and I. "
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Why is saying me and my friends wrong?

You should use you and I when this acts as a subject and me and you when this acts as an object. The first half of your second example isn't wrong because of the word order (ie Me and my friends vs My friends and me) it is wrong because me can't be the subject of the sentence. It is grammatically wrong.
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Is it grammatically correct to say me and someone?

I and someone is grammatical; me and someone is not strictly grammatical, but is very common; I and someone we is not grammatical, and sounds wrong to native English speakers.
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Is it me or my friend?

“I and my friends” is also correct but less common as it is more polite to put your friends first. My friends and I are going to the cinema. The most important thing to remember is that “I” is the subject pronoun(the person that does the action) and “me” is the object pronoun(the person that receives the action.
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What is the correct way to use I and me?

Sometimes it can be tricky to determine if you should be using "me" or "I" in a sentence. Use the pronoun "I" when the person speaking is doing the action, either alone or with someone else. Use the pronoun "me" when the person speaking is receiving the action of the verb in some way, either directly or indirectly.
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Can I say me and my friend?

The grammatically correct version should be the 1st one i.e "My friend and I" instead of "My friend and me" as both elements are of parallel position - Subject of a sentence. A good way to understand this is to break the sentence into 2 sentences. For example: My friend and I went to the movies.
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What is correct Tom and I or Tom and me?

It looks like "Peter, Tom, and I/me" is the object of the verb "are," and normally you would use "me" in object position. However, the verb "be" behaves differently than other verbs. When the verb is "to be" the rule is that the object is renaming the subject, and so the subject pronoun is used.
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Can you say me and my?

You will hear a lot of native speakers use me as a subject pronoun and say, “Me and my mom love movies.” It is common to hear this in informal, spoken English. However, many people consider this to be incorrect.
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When can you say me and?

The rule for when to use which is actually very simple. Wherever you would say "me" you say "…and me"; wherever you would say "I" you say "…and I." So "I take a picture" and "My friends and I take a picture"; "Take a picture of me" and "Take a picture of my friends and me."
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Does your friend have or has?

friends…have. “Friends” is plural, so the plural of the verb is required: “have.”
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Is it correct to say me and my wife?

Sorry, dear readers, but in this case “my wife and me” is correct. “I” and “me” are personal pronouns. “I” is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. “Me” is used when the pronoun is the object.
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Is it correct to say me and my husband?

However, this may be why many people think that they must always talk of "my husband and I" and never of "my husband and me". In different situations, either of these expressions may be right, and there is a simple way of deciding which one to choose. It is correct to say "My husband and I are going to a party".
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Is it correct to say me and my family?

"Me" is accusative. Although "me and my family" is not incorrect, there is a convention of good manners that one should put the other person or people before oneself in a sentence.
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Why do you put yourself last in a sentence?

The other meaning of put yourself last was with grammar. If I said, “me and Nancy are riding our bikes to town,” she would say, “STOP and put yourself last”! She meant that I should say, “Nancy and I are riding our bikes to town” (my friend Nancy should be first and I should be last).
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Can you say me and my mom?

However, if you are trying to choose between "Mom and I" and "Mom and me" for the caption of a picture, and you are not using a complete sentence, you can use either one. They are both fine.
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Why didnt you tell him you had an accident?

In the second option, "Why did you not tell him that you had had an accident? ​", the "did" is written away from "not" which is not a correct format. Hence the correct answer is "Why you did not tell him that you had had an accident?".
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Is it grammatically correct to say me and John?

It is formally correct to say 'with John and me' or 'with me and John', but the first one is the preferred style in print or in school (as Peter and John said). 'with me and John' sounds informal because of this style choice.
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Which is correct Sally and me or Sally and I?

But you need to know that you should say "Sally and I" ONLY when you need the subject of a sentence or phrase. If the words "Sally and I" are serving as the object of a phrase, then you need to switch to "Sally and me." Examples: Sally and I are going to the movie.
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What does you and me both mean?

informal. I feel the same way as you or have had the same experience: "I've started to wonder how my life ended up as such a mess." "You and me both."
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Is me and my team correct grammar?

In "my team and me." "me" is the disjunctive pronoun. It is correct.
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Do you say me first or last?

That's your Quick and Dirty Tip: Always put the pronouns “me,” “my,” and “I” last in a list. For other pronouns, you can put them where they sound right to you, but if I'm mixing nouns and pronouns, I usually think it sounds better to put the pronoun first. Always put the pronouns “me,” “my,” and “I” last in a list.
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Do you say me or myself?

While "myself" and "me" are both objects, "myself" is what is called a special object. You should use "myself" and not "me" as the object, only when you are the subject of the sentence. Example: I could not dress myself.
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Which is correct Bob and me or Bob and I?

Use "I" when it is the subject of the sentence and use "me" when it is the object of the sentence. The correct statement is "Happy Birthday from Bob and me." The phrase "Bob and me" is the object of the preposition "from" so you should use the object pronoun "me."
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Which is correct bill and I or Bill and me?

This is not correct because "I" is not an object pronoun. Because the person is the object of the officer's gaze, we must use the object pronoun "me." The same principle applies to other examples where first-person pronouns are paired or grouped with other nouns: Bill and me are excited to go to the concert.
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CAN YOU SAY MY's?

“My” is correct as it is the possessive pronoun of the first person singular. Another grammatical mistake is the idea that “I's” is the contraction of “I is' which is of course incorrect as the correct conjugation is “I am”.
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