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Work arguement

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i was hoping that one of you guys can help in putting an end to an office arguement....


someone in the office said "You aren't the boss of I." Is this sentence grammatically correct?


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It is not grammatically correct. The pronoun at the end of the sentence is the object of the preposition "of". When a pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition, it must be in the accusative case.

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  • It is not grammatically correct.
  • The pronoun at the end of the sentence is the object of the preposition "of".
  • When a pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition, it must be in the accusative case.
  • "I" is the nominative case; "me" is the accusative.
  • It should be: You aren't the boss of me.
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It is not grammatically correct. The pronoun at the end of the sentence is the object of the preposition "of". When a pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition, it must be in the accusative case. "I" is the nominative case; "me" is the accusative. It should be:

You aren't the boss of me.

nominative case: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
accusative case: me, us, you, him
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