Stop putting ‘I’ as the object in a sentence

[ProfessorPeppy]

Everyone does this. Everyone. It’s so simple: if you’re the subject of the sentence, you’re ‘me’.

DH and I bought a chihuahua- correct

DCs and I took chihuahua for a walk - correct

The chihuahua barked at DH and I - WRONG

Please send the chihuahua back to DH and I - WRONG WRONG WRONG!

If in doubt, take out DH to hear how wrong it sounds:

Please send the chihuahua back to I.

The chihuahua barked at I.

Thank you 😥

An essay at school or uni, work report sure, on a forum I don't care or me don't either

Some changes make the language less clear, more ambiguous and therefore less suited to its purpose of communication (eg 'literal' now also being used for hyperbolical figuratives), or useful distinctions may be lost (eg 'disinterested' being used to mean 'uninterested').

Very well put. Sadly I don't think that most people speak to communicate, they speak to have their say. Otherwise they'd welcome it when others point out that their meaning isn't clear.