Me or I

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You did everything out of concern for Jake and I/memy answer is me, is it correct?

Mr D · Accepted Answer

Yes. Your answer is what I would call "correct-correct" (my terminology).

It would both be understood by native speakers and would be "smiled upon" by grammarians. It's absolutely correct.

But don't be surprised if you hear native speakers using "I" instead of "me." It would still be considered "correct" by descriptivists. And the explanation for why is incredibly long and boring, so I'll spare you that...

BillJ · Answer

anonymous
You did everything out of concern for Jake and I/me
my answer is me, is it correct?

In your example, the pronoun is simply the complement of the preposition "for" and hence it has to be accusative "me".

There are constructions where a nominative pronoun like "I" is also possible, but they are restricted to those where the pronoun is subject of a reduced clause, as in Kim is older than I. Here the comparative clause than I am old is reduced to just the subject "I".

But in your example, the pronoun cannot possibly be the subject of a reduced clause, since it would be impossible to invent a clause where "I" is the subject here.

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