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Henry74 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
I or me?
Hello,
suppose you are showing your friends a picture of your vacation, and, in it, there's a person tumbling down a snowy slope.
Someone asks, "Who's this?"
Do you answer:
This is I, tumbling down the slope. Or, This is me, tumbling down the slope?
I have done a little bit of research on this forum, and I have found that, for example, it would be correct to say
This is I who have allergies, rather than This is me who have allergies.
Following the same logic, it should be This is I, tumbling down.
But why doesn't it sound like something someone would say? Have I been listening to the wrong kind of people, and that is actually correct?
Can you please help me?
Thank you.
H.
suppose you are showing your friends a picture of your vacation, and, in it, there's a person tumbling down a snowy slope.
Someone asks, "Who's this?"
Do you answer:
This is I, tumbling down the slope. Or, This is me, tumbling down the slope?
I have done a little bit of research on this forum, and I have found that, for example, it would be correct to say
This is I who have allergies, rather than This is me who have allergies.
Following the same logic, it should be This is I, tumbling down.
But why doesn't it sound like something someone would say? Have I been listening to the wrong kind of people, and that is actually correct?
Can you please help me?
Thank you.
H.
Top answer
this is me.
- this is me.
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Okay. But why?
Isn't the sentence constructed in the same way as the one about allergies?
H.
Isn't the sentence constructed in the same way as the one about allergies?
H.
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According to an old rule, a personal pronoun following the linking verb to be must always be in the subjective case (I, he, she, we, they). Generally, this rule is followed only in very formal writing.
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Henry74This is I who have allergies, rather than This is me who have allergies.Neither of your sentences works for me.
Who in the room has been sneezing his head off?
It's me. I have seasonal allergies. (Best informal answer)
It is I who has the seasonal allergies. (formal, and rather stilted)
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AlpheccaStarsIt is I who has the seasonal allergies.Shouldn't that be have?
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AlpheccaStarsNeither of your sentences works for me.Who in the room has been sneezing his head off?It's me. I have seasonal allergies. (Best informal answer) It is I who has the seasonal allergies. (formal, and rather stilted)Okay. Thank you both.
To be fair, I took those two sentences from another post where they had been given and approved as answer. B
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Henry74So, when talking to my friends, I should probably say It is me tumbling down the hill, rather than It is I tumbling down the hill.I would say me. Everyone I know would say me. And I would bet that every volunteer here would say me.
Henry74One last thing. Is 'I' here on the same level of formal
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