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Can you please explain this to me… Pronouns ‘I’ versus ‘me’?
I live in Australia and a new television program has recently started called “are you smarter than a fifth grader?”
Adults are asked typical primary school questions and make a particular amount of money based on how many questions they can answer correctly. One of the questions tonight was:
Complete this sentence:
“Darcy spoke to Max and ____”
with the options being
I
me
my
I answered “I” as did the contestant on the show but it was wrong. Apparently the answer is ‘me’
Can anyone explain this to me? I was always taught to use “I” in this sentence form… Darcy spoke to Max and I.
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You need to see how the pronoun is being used in the sentence. Use objective case — “me” if it is the object (after the verb), or after a preposition, as in the case you mentioned. Use “I” (nominative), if it is the subject of the sentence: “Darcy and I spoke to him,” or if it after an inactive verb: “It is I.”
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This is a good link to an explanation with a few examples. The correct answer was ‘me’. As said previously, when in doubt take Max out of the equation.
Darcy spoke to I.
or Darcy spoke to me.
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Me is correct. The way to tell is take out “Max”. Darcy spoke to me (not I). See?
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me is a word that is usually used at the end of the sentence for example My sister and I went to the park. But My sister went to the park with me
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I is the the first person Noun but ‘me’ is the indirect object coz someone spoke to Max and you, that is, me.
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I put my answer on this one.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjGChqYYZiaooewyWsJdyR7CxQt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071003041817AA17zaI
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