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Omar Ahmed Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
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It's..who made this pasta, not my mother.
a) me b) I c)myself
While I was surfing the internet to find a stuff that has someting to do with the difference between "It's me" & "It's I", I saw the following topic:
At this point, the use of the subjective in the subject complement has almost entirely disappeared. Both usages are still current, but the use of subjective in the subject complement is much less common.
It should be noted that the use of a nominative complement ("It is I") is by no means universal in other languages. For example, French-speakers say "c'est moi" (it's me) not "c'est je"; in Polish and other Slavic languages the instrumental case would be used with the verb to be.
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The answer to this question is still not clear to me. Please give me the right answer
It's..who made this pasta, not my mother.
a) me b) I c)myself
While I was surfing the internet to find a stuff that has someting to do with the difference between "It's me" & "It's I", I saw the following topic:
Disputed English grammar - It's I vs. It's me
The I in "It's I." is a subject complement. Subject complements are used only with a class of verbs called linking verbs, of which to be is the most common. Unlike object complements, subject complements are not affected by the action of the verb, and they describe or explain the subject. In this case, I is not affected by the action of the verb is, and it specifies exactly who the subject It is. The subject complement therefore takes the subjective case. Usually, this makes no difference in the sentence because English nouns no longer distinguish between subjective and objective case. But English pronouns make the distinction, and the subject complement takes I instead of me. It's I sounds strange to many English speakers, but is considered correct by prescriptivists. In other contexts, the subject complement may sound less strange, such as "This is she" rather than "This is her."At this point, the use of the subjective in the subject complement has almost entirely disappeared. Both usages are still current, but the use of subjective in the subject complement is much less common.
It should be noted that the use of a nominative complement ("It is I") is by no means universal in other languages. For example, French-speakers say "c'est moi" (it's me) not "c'est je"; in Polish and other Slavic languages the instrumental case would be used with the verb to be.
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Hello Essam, There is no right answer to your question: the usage is disputed, as your article suggests. However, it is only a disputed usage to the very small number of native speakers who trouble themselves about such things. The greater number of the remainder would say "it's me".
- Hello Essam, There is no right answer to your question: the usage is disputed, as your article suggests.
- However, it is only a disputed usage to the very small number of native speakers who trouble themselves about such things.
- The greater number of the remainder would say "it's me".
- Furthermore, although native speakers sometimes say "it is I", "It 's I" is very unusual.
- After "It's", you would usually find "me".
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Hello Essam,
There is no right answer to your question: the usage is disputed, as your article suggests.
However, it is only a disputed usage to the very small number of native speakers who trouble themselves about such things. The greater number of the remainder would say "it's me".
Furthermore, although native speakers sometimes say "it is I", "It's I" is very
There is no right answer to your question: the usage is disputed, as your article suggests.
However, it is only a disputed usage to the very small number of native speakers who trouble themselves about such things. The greater number of the remainder would say "it's me".
Furthermore, although native speakers sometimes say "it is I", "It's I" is very
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I read the following stuff in a book entitled Practical English Grammar:
But if the pronoun is followed by a clause , we use the subject forms:
Blame Bill. It was he who chose this colour.
But if the pronoun is followed by a clause , we use the subject forms:
Blame Bill. It was he who chose this colour.
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The most difficult thing for a non-English speaker in my opinion to learn is how to learn the language as it is spoken rather than as a book says it should be spoken. English like any language is evolving so rules may still be there but might not apply in informal use anymore. Confusing I know. I remember working with a Spanish person with impeccable English. With a posh English accent and w
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