Which is correct: everyone was having fun, especially Michelle and (me/I)? Please tell why.?

Answer 1

it is I, because it is used in the predicate part of the sentence, i cant give you a link to look at becasue htis is just something i know but i am sure so i hope this helped

Answer 2

"Especially Michelle and I," in this case. If you were to fill in the rest of that last thought, it would read "Michelle and I were having fun." Just as you would use "I" if Michelle weren't in the sentence -- "I was having fun" -- you should use "I" if Michelle joins you. Her presence or absence has no impact on whether you're a subject or an object.

Another way to write the sentence so it doesn't sound as strange, by the way, is as follows: "All the people, especially Michelle and I, were having fun."

Note: A few people here are correctly saying that you should take Michelle out of the equation and then go with the one that sounds right, but in this case, the one that sounds right ("me") is wrong. Every once in a while, the English language does that. Similarly, hardly anyone ever says "It is I" in response to "Who is it?", but "It is I" is correct grammar, and "It's me" is incorrect. (Why? The answer is that "is" -- and other forms of the verb "to be" -- always take subject pronouns, never object pronouns. Thus, you'd also say "It's he" when spotting your friend. Of course, your friend will think you're an alien for speaking in such a weird fashion, but that's totally proper English for you.)

Answer 3

"Michelle and me". Anytime you use two people like that, phrase the sentance like you were just using yourself. Example: Tom and I went to the store. Now take Tom out of the sentance. "I went to the store." You wouldnt say " Everyone was having fun, especially I". So the answer is " Everyone was having fun, especially Michelle and me" Hope this helps!!

Answer 4

Well, take out Michelle and see which one sounds right.

Everyone was having fun, especially I.

Or Everyone was having fun, especially me.

Me is the correct answer. That's how you figure those out.

If you said this Michelle and I/me were having fun--the correct answer would be I. Again, take out Michelle.

Answer 5

It's, Michelle and me when you are using it at the end of the sentence...if you were using it at the beginning it would go, Michelle and I were having the most fun. Proper English, I at the beginning, and me at the end...not sure why.

Answer 6

I'd say it's "me", and good usage/grammar is very important to me -- can you folks who say it's "I" explain why?

"Especially" modifies "was having"; it seems to me that the whole phrase used as a modifier, "Especially Michelle and ___," needs an object pronoun in it, the way prepositional phrases do, which is why I think it should be "me".

Please take a look at a very funny and yet very educational article/commentary on this sort of thing: http://www.tomatonation.com/sincerely.shtml

Answer 7

take "Michelle and" out of the sentence. which leaves,
Everyone was having fun, especially...me

Answer 8

Everyone was having fun, especially Michelle and I

because my teach said so

Answer 9

You, Michelle and everyone are the subjects of the sentence. Try substituting "me" for "everyone," and see how wrong it sounds (because it is!) If a name and me/I follows a preposition such as "They went along to the movies with Michelle and me/I, it would be object form which is "me."

Answer 10

I, because the rest of the sentence if written would be "Michelle and I were having fun."

Answer 11

Michelle and I, cause thats how the english language works