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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Is this sentence correct?

Actually, it was me and my friend, Heather from Florida.
  

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(l) Your sentence is fine for conversation. (2) If you wanted to edit it for writing, one way might be: Actually, it was I and Heather, my friend from Florida. S.

  • (l) Your sentence is fine for conversation.
  • (2) If you wanted to edit it for writing, one way might be: Actually, it was I and Heather, my friend from Florida.
  • S.
  • Nowadays most native speakers would say and write "It was ME"; furthermore, it's always polite to mention the other person first, but in this case, your readers might think you were referring to three persons if you wrote: It was Heather, my friend from Florida, and I.
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(l) Your sentence is fine for conversation. (2) If you wanted to edit it for writing, one way might be: Actually, it was I and Heather, my friend from Florida. (P.S. Nowadays most native speakers would say and write "It was ME"; furthermore, it's always polite to mention the other person first, but in this case, your readers might think you were referring to three persons if you wrote: It was H

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