Answer: When is it appropriate to use "I" vs. "Me"?

[mendax]

rkaine asks, “When is it appropriate to use ‘I’ vs. ‘me’?”

(with examples from The Sentinel, Firefly, and Saiyuki and general guidance from The Gregg Reference Manual and Garner’s Modern American Usage)

Comments

[alicambs]

Thank you for this. I have been amazed at the number of people who use I/me incorrectly particularly when linked with another person. I was always taught, as you mention, to remove the other person from the sentence and if the I or me sounded wrong it was wrong! Easy really. ;-)

[roadrunner1896]

Thanks, that was helpful.