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what is more correct: "this is I" or "this is me"?
May 24, 2012 8:54 PM
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"This is me." Use "I" when "I" is the subject of the verb. Use "me" when "me" is the object of the verb. Examples in which "I" is the subject of the verb: *I brought the money. *I bake the cakes around here! Examples in which "me" is the object of the verb: *She brought the money to me. *He bakes cakes for me all the time. One caution: do not depend on the word order to determine whether I/me is the subject or the object of the verb. For example, in questions, the subject often follows the verb. Examples: *Did I bake the cake? *Do I bring the money? Finally, please note that native English speakers often use "I" incorrectly. INCORRECT example: *She brought the cake for Jane and I. This is because accidentally using "me" where "I" is correct sounds really, really bad to native English speakers. However, accidentally using "I" where "me" is correct only sounds bad sometimes. People are afraid to be heard making obvious errors, and so mistakenly lean towards using "I" more often. Good luck!
May 25, 2012
newbie, This is an very old argument. They are in fact both correct. "This is I" and "It is I" are grammatically correct because "I" is NOT in the object position. "I" is the complement of the linking verb "is". "This is me" and "It is me" are also correct because they are commonly used in real speech by educated people everywhere. Personally, I almost never use "This is I" or "It is I". It seems stuffy or redundant to me. However, I still think there use would be appropriate in some cases. For example, This is I who am speaking. instead of "This is me speaking." It is I who am speaking instead of "It's me who is speaking" In some contexts, in very formal writing for example, or perhaps when giving testimony in a court of law, you still may want to use "I" after the verb "to be", despite the fact that "me" is almost universal in informal contexts.
May 25, 2012
We would say 'It is I' or 'This is he/she' These are a little old fashioned now but they are perfect formal English forms.
May 25, 2012
"This is me" is correct. You can also say, "that is me" Example: Q. Is that really a picture of you? A. Yes of course. This is me./ That is me.
May 24, 2012
This is me of course :). This is I is totaly wrong
May 24, 2012
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