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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Both

Is it: 'Both John and I were waiting for a bus.' or 'Both John and me were waiting for a bus.'

I think the second one is right because Both must take an object, and me is in the objective case.
  

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I is correct because it is the subject, or part of the subject, of the sentence. You cannot say Me were/was waiting... CB

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  • I is correct because it is the subject, or part of the subject, of the sentence.
  • You cannot say Me were/was waiting...
  • CB
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I is correct because it is the subject, or part of the subject, of the sentence. You cannot say Me were/was waiting...

CB
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"I" is clearly correct in this case. You could eliminate "both" from the sentence and nothing would change. "John" and "I" make up the compound subject of the sentence. The only object in sight is "bus," which is object of the preposition, "for."

"The gunman shot both John and me." Now "John" and "me" are objects of the verb "shot." Again, "both" is optional an
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Much appreciated. I looked everywhere in my English Made Simple book and on the Internet about this - no luck. The problem being for me is that 'both' is classed as a determiner (and English Made Simple as absolutely nothing written specifically about determiners - not listed in the index, anyway) and not a preposition. If it were a preposition 'both' would have to take an object and 'John and
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Avangi, You know.

How did you know I was thirsty?
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@ CB. Avangi means I'm thick. Emotion: sad
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Anonymous
@ CB. Avangi means I'm thick. Emotion: sad

No, he doesn't. We often offer drinks to
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Sorry, anon. That was rude of me. Last time, I beat CB by a couple of minutes in answering a post; this time he beat me. It was sort of an inside joke.
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