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Wutwut Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
I or me and another question
In the following sentence, do I use 'me' or 'I'? I use 'I', but I'm not sure. When would you use 'me'?
"In the next scene, Craig and I are on our way to the festival."
Is it true that in a sentence like 'Craig and I will get the ice cream', you would use 'I', and that you can figure this out by spelling the sentence as if you were the only one getting the ice cream? For example, 'I will get the ice cream', therefore you use 'I' instead of 'me' in "Craig and I will get the ice cream".
For my final question, how would you interpret this:
"But as truth usually meets in the middle, the outcome represented the right one probably, if not by such a big score. "
This is an excerpt from a blog talking about a recent sporting event where one of the teams lost by a large margin. What's throwing me off is the 'if not by such a big score'. What does the author mean by that? What do you think he means?
Thanks
"In the next scene, Craig and I are on our way to the festival."
Is it true that in a sentence like 'Craig and I will get the ice cream', you would use 'I', and that you can figure this out by spelling the sentence as if you were the only one getting the ice cream? For example, 'I will get the ice cream', therefore you use 'I' instead of 'me' in "Craig and I will get the ice cream".
For my final question, how would you interpret this:
"But as truth usually meets in the middle, the outcome represented the right one probably, if not by such a big score. "
This is an excerpt from a blog talking about a recent sporting event where one of the teams lost by a large margin. What's throwing me off is the 'if not by such a big score'. What does the author mean by that? What do you think he means?
Thanks
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Please ask unrelated questions in separate threads. I'll answer the first one. You are perfectly correct in your analysis.
- Please ask unrelated questions in separate threads.
- I'll answer the first one.
- You are perfectly correct in your analysis.
- You could have gone on to say that 'Mum bought me some ice cream' is correct, therefore you say 'Mum bought Craig and me some ice cream'.
- Rover
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Please ask unrelated questions in separate threads. I'll answer the first one.
You are perfectly correct in your analysis. You could have gone on to say that 'Mum bought me some ice cream' is correct, therefore you say 'Mum bought Craig and me some ice cream'.
Rover
You are perfectly correct in your analysis. You could have gone on to say that 'Mum bought me some ice cream' is correct, therefore you say 'Mum bought Craig and me some ice cream'.
Rover
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Sorry, I'll do that in the future. But, what's the answer for the first sentence, is there a method that I can use to know whether 'I' or 'me' is more appropriate?
Using the original example:
"In the next scene, Craig and I are on our way to the festival."
Can I break down the sentence by eliminating "Craig and" and then changing 'are' into its singular form, and then s
Using the original example:
"In the next scene, Craig and I are on our way to the festival."
Can I break down the sentence by eliminating "Craig and" and then changing 'are' into its singular form, and then s
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Sorry, I'll do that in the future. But, what's the answer for the first sentence, is there a method that I can use to know whether 'I' or 'me' is more appropriate?
Can I just change the original sentence of "In the next scene, Craig and I are going to the festival' by eliminating Craig, leaving the sentence as 'I are going to the festival', and then substituting 'are' for its singular ve
Can I just change the original sentence of "In the next scene, Craig and I are going to the festival' by eliminating Craig, leaving the sentence as 'I are going to the festival', and then substituting 'are' for its singular ve
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