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06-18-2010, 08:20 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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My brother asked me about the 'you and I/you and me' thing. I told him whatever works alone is what you use.
You and I went to the movies. (I went to the movies.) It doesn't matter to you and me. (It doesn't matter to me.) I hear it misused by some fairly intelligent folks.
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06-19-2010, 07:36 AM
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AND "It doesn't matter to us/either of us" (whereas here it's being used as an object and this is what determines which pronoun you use). If I've missed the point completely (entirely possible), let me know immediately. |
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06-24-2010, 08:29 AM
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Only looks like a disaster tourist
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But I wonder if it shoud be "Hey, it is I..." |
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06-26-2010, 10:46 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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"Me" is the objective case of the pronoun, the object of the verb "is." "I" is the subject of the sentence, and the "it" is pointing towards the "I." So aside from sounding a touch Dudley Do-Right, you're all right. Which one you're going to use will depend on what subtleties of tone you want to convey. What you wouldn't do is say, "Want to talk perfect, like I?"
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