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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
I and ME
An angry employee wants another employee to be fired, or she is threatening to leave.
She says the following, "It's Brad or I."
I think she should have said, "It's Brad or me."
Who is correct?
She says the following, "It's Brad or I."
I think she should have said, "It's Brad or me."
Who is correct?
Top answer
Good one ! Not a b&white thing though. An aussie friend of mine used 2 complain of her da correcting that to them.
- Good one !
- Not a b&white thing though.
- An aussie friend of mine used 2 complain of her da correcting that to them.
- Both forms are right.
- The closer you get to British English or formality, the more mandatory the usage of 'I' is.
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Good one !
Not a b&white thing though.
An aussie friend of mine used 2 complain of her da correcting that to them.
Both forms are right. The closer you get to British English or formality, the more mandatory the usage of 'I' is.
'Or' is a coordination linker, it relates items at the same syntactic level, so grammatically you should say 'I'
But most peo
Not a b&white thing though.
An aussie friend of mine used 2 complain of her da correcting that to them.
Both forms are right. The closer you get to British English or formality, the more mandatory the usage of 'I' is.
'Or' is a coordination linker, it relates items at the same syntactic level, so grammatically you should say 'I'
But most peo
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I think it's not so clear cut as one being "formal" or one being "British English."
How is it meant?
You must fire Brad or you must fire me! It's Brad or me!
You have to choose between Brad and me! So who is it? Who(m) do you choose? Brad or me?
Either I get to stay, or Brad gets to stay! So will it be Brad or I?
This is like a picture album.
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How is it meant?
You must fire Brad or you must fire me! It's Brad or me!
You have to choose between Brad and me! So who is it? Who(m) do you choose? Brad or me?
Either I get to stay, or Brad gets to stay! So will it be Brad or I?
This is like a picture album.
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OK, grammar geek, forget about the word british, i don't like it either :-)
It is a matter of formality, not the whole of it, in europe we consider grammatical to say
It's Brad or I.
It's Brad or me is OK too, just talking as a user. It's Brad or I sounds more appropriate, more serious.
If you place the coordinated phrase within predicate scope it turns more lik
It is a matter of formality, not the whole of it, in europe we consider grammatical to say
It's Brad or I.
It's Brad or me is OK too, just talking as a user. It's Brad or I sounds more appropriate, more serious.
If you place the coordinated phrase within predicate scope it turns more lik
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No, 'Brad or I' is definitely incorrect in this context. It's grammatically wrong in UK English or any other version of English. It sounds more 'formal' because 'and I' is correct where many people would wrongly say 'and me'. This is exactly why people get it wrong, because it sounds more formal. "It's Brad or me" is correct because you would never say "It's I". That's the simple rule. Sounding
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