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Should a photograph label read “you and I” or “you and me”? [duplicate]
I had a debate with my friend about this topic because he had a photo captioned:
Seth and I playing lion king
and I said it should be
Seth and me playing lion king
Which is correct?
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Art cold? To what extent can pronouns be dropped in English?
Many European languages conjugate their verbs, thus:
I am
You are | Thou art
She is
We are
You are
They are
The form of the verb changes, depending on the person. In some languages ...
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Which is correct, I or me? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When do I use “I” instead of “me?”
Which is correct?
The photo shows my kids and me at the party.
The photo shows my kids and I at the party
Another one: ...
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Term for types of first person plural
I've noticed that there are two types of first person plural – one where the addressee is included, and one where she or he isn't. For example:
With addressee included:
Let us go.
What's our plan?
...
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3answers
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“The great I” vs “The great me”
Are both sentences below grammatically correct?
The great I.
The great me.
What is the grammatical breakdown in each case?
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4answers
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“He” / “she” vs. “it” regarding beloved objects
Is that normal to regard a beloved object (an animal, a car, a book) as he/she? If yes, what gender should be used in this case?
One comment in this question touched the tendency to humanize things ...
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4answers
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When to use “me” or “myself”?
Which one is correct:
Someone like me...
or
Someone like myself...
Is "like myself" ever correct?
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Which is correct: “If it were I” or “If it were me”?
I'm fairly sure it's the former, but it sounds even more stilted than the usual cases in which "I" is less common, but more correct.
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Rewrite this grammatically troubling movie poster
On a Wiki-walk the other day, I stumbled across the movie poster for Devil. The tagline on the poster is:
Five strangers trapped. One of them is not what they seem.
The writer was obviously ...
