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To: VMI70

“I” is a nominative pronoun and is used as a subject of a sentence or clause, while “me” is an objective pronoun and used as an object.


56 posted on 01/18/2012 7:08:36 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

“I” is a nominative pronoun and is used as a subject of a sentence or clause, while “me” is an objective pronoun and used as an object.

Correct.

But, the verb “to be” takes the nominative case.

An easy way to determine the correct usage in this case would be to complete the sentence:

...he’s a better speller than I am.—correct
vs
...he’s a better speller than me am.—incorrect


72 posted on 01/19/2012 6:24:34 AM PST by VMI70
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