OK, I've stopped trying to correct my friends who use "I" as a direct object ("Mary bought movie tickets for John and I") since it seems to have become accepted as common usage (at least in spoken language).

But then I started hearing direct object forms used as subjects: "Him and John are going to drive up together." At first I thought it was specific to a certain social group, but now I hear it all over. My sweetie has given me permission to correct him when he does it - never in front of anyone else, of course - but I'm starting to think it's a losing battle given how many other people I hear doing it. I've even seen it written that way.

Is it just me? Should I give up and accept that the language is changing? It's like fingernails on a chalkboard every time I hear it. *sigh*