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Jennyng428 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The difference in usage between me and I

i know it becomes prevalent people use "me" as the subject instead of "I" in NE. but i'm not quite sure if "me either" is also used under the same reason as below. Perhaps i should ask which phrase we should use, "me either" or "I either"?

A: i don't want to go shopping again this saturday
B: i don't want it either
C: Me either
  

Top answer

Hi, I don't (= do not ) want to go shopping again this Saturday. A formal response: ‘Neither do I’. Informal responses: ‘Me neither’.

  • Hi, I don't (= do not ) want to go shopping again this Saturday.
  • A formal response: ‘Neither do I’.
  • Informal responses: ‘Me neither’.
  • Also: ‘Me either’.
  • *Do not neglect correct grammar: ‘I’ is always capitalized, and a sentence ends with a period.
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Hi,
I don't (= do not) want to go shopping again this Saturday.
A formal response: ‘Neither do I’.
Informal responses: ‘Me neither’. Also: ‘Me either’.

*Do not neglect correct grammar: ‘I’ is always capitalized, and a sentence ends with a period.

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tks for your interception
but let me re-ask the question in this way. I know "I" is used as the subject in a sentence while "Me" is as an object or the object of a preposition. The same rule seems not to be applied when using "Me either" or "Me neither" considering "Me" is as a subject in this sentence. I'm not sure if there is any inversion in this short reply. Would appreciate if someone cou

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