Usage

Pronouns in coordinate noun phrases

I when it is nominative (subject form):

• Jack and I went to the store.

me when it is objective (object of noun or prep. phrase):

• Sally went to the store [with] Jack and me.

between you and me

Always use me because between is always a preposition and prepositions always take the object form:

• Between you and me, this grammar rule is confusing.

Dangling modifiers

Place the modifier as close as possible to the sentence element that they modify. A phrase should point clearly to the thing they’re modifying–you can do that with space. If it doesn’t, then it is a dangling modifier. If the phrase has a participle (-ing verb), then its a dangling participle: