"Between you and me" or "Between you and I"

“Let’s keep this between you and I.” [x]
“Let’s keep this between you and me.” [√]

Why? … Because between is a preposition and the pronouns following prepositions are always in the objective case which would be the pronoun me and not I.

Kenapa? ... Karena "between" adalah preposisi dan kata ganti orang (pronoun) yang mengikuti preposisi harus berbentuk objek pronoun "me", bukan "I".

• Just between you and me, Julie is cheating on her husband.
• Don't tell anyone else. It's just between you and me. OK?

Take a look at the use of prepositions with, to, from, and between with objective case:

• She went with me. (She went with I.)
• She went with Barry and me. (She went with Barry and I.)
• Graham gave it to me. (Graham gave it to I.)
• He wants to talk to you and me. (He wants to talk to you and I.)
• This is from your mom and me. (This is from your mom and I.)
• This is between Michelle and me. (This is between Michelle and I.)

Can you answer this quiz? After answering the quiz, you can read the explanation below.

Here’s the explanation to the quiz:

When to use “he were“ instead of “he was“?

In the following examples, you can see that we sometimes use the were-subjunctive (instead of was) after:

if

as if

wish

suppose

Although it sounds strange, we use were for all pronouns, including the first and third person pronouns:I, you, they, we, he, she, it.

• I wish I were rich.

  (Contrary to the fact: I’m not rich.)

• I wish he/she were here now.

How to Use the Phrase "the Internet" Correctly

I found many of the English learners use the phrase “the Internet” incorrectly, especially in the use of the prepositions. They don’t know whether to use on or in with this phrase. Normally we use on with the phrase“the Internet” or any social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Yahoo, etc.

Banyak orang Indonesia menterjemahkan kalimat "Apakah kamu punya WhatsApp?" ke dalam bahasa Inggris "Do you have WhatsApp?" Padahal orang bule gak ngomong gitu. They say "Are you on WhatsApp?" Ini adalah kesalahan yang sering saya temui. Grammatically speaking, struktur kalimatnya sih gak salah, but colloquially, it's incorrect. Rada aneh dengarnya karena native English speakers don't say it that way.

Today you’re going to learn how to use the phrase “the Internet” correctly, and I hope next time, I won’t see you write “I learn English with Learn English with Demi in the Internet” anymore.

CORRECT    : I’m on the Internet. (OR: I’m on the Net.)

INCORRECT: I'm in the Internet.

CORRECT    : I surf the Internet. (OR: I surf the Net.)

INCORRECT: I surf in the Internet.

CORRECT    : You’ll find the information on the Internet.

INCORRECT: You’ll find the information in the Internet.

CORRECT    : I took the information straight off the Internet.

INCORRECT: I took the information on the Internet.

CORRECT    : In our hotel, all rooms have access to the Internet.

INCORRECT: In our hotel, all rooms have access to Internet.

CORRECT    : I use the Internet.

INCORRECT: I use internet.

CORRECT    : You can buy the book over the Internet.

INCORRECT: You can buy the book in the Internet.

• I’m online.

• I’m on Facebook

• I’m on WhatsApp

• We’re chatting in the chat room on Yahoo.

• The word Internet is often written in capital letters.