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Is it necessary to say "my son and I" at last? And can I say "my son and me" instead?

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Rebecca

It is not necessary to put "my son and I" at the end of the sentence, however, the subjects can be placed at the end of the sentence for formality or if it is forgotten at first. It is generally more common to put the subject at the beginning of the sentence in English, so here you could do this. Ex: My son and I fish a lot for bass on this lake. It is necessary however to use the form "my son and I" here and not "my son and me". This is because when you use multiple pronouns together, they still must agree with the verb form as if they were singular. So "I" is used here because the singular form with the verb would be "I fish", or "I go fishing", and not "me fish".

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