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grammaticality - Is it correct to use "me too" and "I too"?


I'm a bit confused. Is it correct to use "me too" and "I too"? (Also with other pronouns.)


For example, if I want to say that Juan gives a present to Ana and I give a present to Ana:



Juan gives a present to Ana, [me/I] too.



Or if I want to say that Juan gives a present to Ana and Pedro gives a present to Ana:



Juan gives a present to Ana, [him/he] too.




Answer



When I write, I would not use any of these “[pronoun] too,” and I would write



Juan gives a present to Ana, and so do I.


Juan gives a present to Ana, and so does he.



When speaking informally, I may say



Juan gives a present to Ana, and me too.



but this is ambiguous because “me too” can mean both “I give a present to Ana, too” and “Juan gives a present to me, too.” I would never use “I too” in the informal context.


(By the way, all of these examples have a separate issue: using the simple present sounds strange because it implies Juan, Pedro or I give a present to Ana routinely.)


(Added: Kosmonaut pointed out in a comment that the simple present is used also when you are narrating the situation (thanks!). That is a more plausible context in which these sentences are used than people give a present routinely. See Kosmonaut’s comment to this answer.)


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