Me is the word you use to refer to yourself when you're the object of an action or after a preposition. When your friend throws you the ball, you might call out “Throw it to me!” When your teacher asks who finished the assignment, you might say, “Give it to me to turn in.”

The word me works differently than I. You use I when you're doing something: “I ran to the store.” You use me when something is being done to you or when you come after words like to, for, with, or about: “She ran to the store with me.”

People sometimes get confused about whether to say “between you and I” or “between you and me.” The correct phrase is “between you and me” because between is a preposition, and me is the word that follows prepositions.

Young children sometimes talk about themselves in the third person, saying “Johnny wants a cookie” instead of “I want a cookie” or “Give it to Johnny” instead of “Give it to me.” Learning to use me and I correctly is an important part of growing up and expressing yourself clearly.