[Diddle E. Squat]

“I want the religious department to apologise to me and my wife in writing,”

"My wife and I"

Maybe the Malaysian officials viewed them as illegal aliens. (Suddenly some Freepers become greatly conflicted...)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

“I want the religious department to apologize to me and my wife in writing,”

"My wife and I"

Umm, actually, "me" is correct, although it could be improved by: "apologize to my wife and me."

The preposition "to" must be followed by the objective form of "I/me," which is me. One would never say "I want the religious department to apologize to I."

Making the object of the preposition a compound one, by adding "my wife" does not change the fact that the object form of "I/me" must be used.

[MineralMan]

It's always wise to avoid correcting other people's grammar unless you're sure you're right.

In this case, you were wrong. The preposition "to" requires the objective case of the noun. Thus it is correct to say "to apologize to me" or "to apologize to me and my wife."

There's nothing wrong with grammar police...unless they don't know their grammar.

[CottShop]

The Islam Storm is comming folks- it's blowing through other countries, taking over, and exherting their radical murderous ideology throughout hte world- Their ultimate goal is to take over the U.S- that would be a major victory for them. The dems however advocate retreat and comply (you know, so as not to rile them up against us & all) Do you like Sharia law? Vote Democrat- Feel that freedom is more improtant? Vote Republican

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[Excellence]

I want the religious department to apologize to me.
I want the religious department to apologize to my wife.
I want the religious department to apologize to me and my wife.

Otherwise, you have "I want the...to I."