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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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I vs me

Easy question, the source of debate between a friend and me. Which is correct:

It looks like it'll be Bob and I sitting together.

It looks like it'll be Bob and me sitting together.
  

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This seems to me equivalent to: Bob and I will be sitting together . (pronoun in subject positiion, thus subjective/subject form should be used, thus "I"). But others will argue that the presence of "It" changes "Bob and I" to objects of the verb "seems", and thus require the objective/object form"me," even if "It" to me it's only a substitute.

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  • This seems to me equivalent to: Bob and I will be sitting together .
  • (pronoun in subject positiion, thus subjective/subject form should be used, thus "I").
  • But others will argue that the presence of "It" changes "Bob and I" to objects of the verb "seems", and thus require the objective/object form"me," even if "It" to me it's only a substitute.
  • This is going on for ages, won't be solved here.
  • Formal: I Informal: me In the New York Times: ---- Family Laundry Redux ...
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This seems to me equivalent to:
Bob and I will be sitting together.
(pronoun in subject positiion, thus subjective/subject form should be used, thus "I").

But others will argue that the presence of "It" changes "Bob and I" to objects of the verb "seems", and thus require the objective/object form"me," even if "It" to me it's only a substitute.

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It'll be Bob & I - even though we've never met.
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Also, see:

And I, and me
And I, and me
(not much can be added to it)

You and I' vs 'You and me'
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