September 5, 200719 yr It appears to be correct. The verb "is" is a form of "to be." It is a copulative (or linking) verb. In this context the noun or pronoun following it does not take the objective case but rather the nominative, that is, "I" as opposed to "me." If I didn't remember this, one of my grade school teachers, Sister Gertrunella (no, I am not joking) would rise up and smite me, I'm sure. Finally, please don't ask me to define "is" (cf. Bill Clinton).
September 5, 200719 yr The verb "is" is a form of "to be." It is a copulative (or linking) verb. In this context the noun or pronoun following it does not take the objective case but rather the nominative, that is, "I" as opposed to "me." If I didn't remember this, one of my grade school teachers, Sister Gertrunella (no, I am not joking) would rise up and smite me, I'm sure. Finally, please don't ask me to define "is" (cf. Bill Clinton). Here's an easier way to remember: Take the sentence, and eliminate one of the nouns or pronouns. If it correctly stands as a sentence, it is the right use. Example: "Me and LBBC went hunting for a good public school." If you remove LBBC from the above sentence you get: "Me went hunting for a good public school." BAD ENGLISH! :eek:
September 5, 200719 yr Here's an easier way to remember: Take the sentence, and eliminate one of the nouns or pronouns. If it correctly stands as a sentence, it is the right use. Example: "Me and LBBC went hunting for a good public school." If you remove LBBC from the above sentence you get: "Me went hunting for a good public school." BAD ENGLISH! :eek: Never heard it explained like that before. You teach English in a previous life?
September 5, 200719 yr Never heard it explained like that before. You teach English in a previous life? Only to my children!
September 5, 200719 yr Here's an easier way to remember: "Me and LBBC went hunting for a good public school." If you remove LBBC from the above sentence you get: "Me went hunting for a good public school." BAD ENGLISH! :eek: Should LBBC be mentioned first in your incorrect example?
September 5, 200719 yr The verb "is" is a form of "to be." It is a copulative (or linking) verb. In this context the noun or pronoun following it does not take the objective case but rather the nominative, that is, "I" as opposed to "me." If I didn't remember this, one of my grade school teachers, Sister Gertrunella (no, I am not joking) would rise up and smite me, I'm sure. Finally, please don't ask me to define "is" (cf. Bill Clinton). I'm 99.99% sure I know that it would be "me" and not "I" in the original post but I must admit that I have no clue what the above says.
September 5, 200719 yr Here's an easier way to remember: Take the sentence, and eliminate one of the nouns or pronouns. If it correctly stands as a sentence, it is the right use. Example: "Me and LBBC went hunting for a good public school." If you remove LBBC from the above sentence you get: "Me went hunting for a good public school." BAD ENGLISH! :eek: In Sticky's case, though, it should be "me" and not "I", right? "Its I and Sticky" would fail your theory.
September 6, 200719 yr In Sticky's case, though, it should be "me" and not "I", right? "Its I and Sticky" would fail your theory. I posted my example to indicate the test, and allow each person to then re-read Sticky's post and test it for him/herself.
September 6, 200719 yr Should LBBC be mentioned first in your incorrect example? No matter what, the example is incorrect.
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