I have a bet with my friend on this...so, wouldn't it be "my mom and me" instead of "my mom and I"? Say it was for a caption for a picture, you would say that's me, not that's I, so it would be "my mom and me", right?
2006-12-03 17:42:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
That is the caption under the photo "my mom and ..." I'd only like answers from people that know 100%, because I'm getting so many mixed answers...thank you all
2006-12-03 17:51:54 · update #1
my bet was "my mom and me" and it sounds like I won!!
2006-12-03 18:37:51 · update #2
it should be my mom and I
2006-12-03 17:44:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
You won the bet!!!!!
You are absolutely right when you said that the caption for a picture would be my mom and me because you would not say its a picture of I.
I don't know about all the detail (object/subject) stuff but I do know if you are ever unsure of which one to use (me or I). Just say the sentence just like you did (dropping the other person out of the sentence) and you can always tell which one is the correct one to use.
So what did you win??
2006-12-04 09:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if it's a caption below the photo, it depends on how you are going to phrase your caption. if it's a complete sentence, you can say "this is my mom and me" OR "my mom and I are standing near the hotel lobby" and both would be correct. if it is a fragment and meant to say "that is me" then it would be correct. OR if it was meant to be a story form to mean "then my mom and I went to the cafe," I would also be correct.
here's how you would use "my mom and me" and "my mom and I":
as a subject or predicate nominative: my mom and I went shopping. the two shoppers were my mom and I.
as an object: the cashier gave my mom and me the change. the change was given to my mom and me by the cashier.
hope you get a clear picture of the possibility of you both being correct. so what was your bet? :P
2006-12-04 02:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by wat_more_can_i_say? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could have captions saying "My mom and I are in this picture", or "This picture is of my mom and me." Most captions are shortened versions of the second sentence, though, and so then it would follow that the correct way to write the caption would be "My mom and me"
2006-12-04 02:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by coldfire5418 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the context of the entire sentence. Examples would be, my mom and I had a great time shopping today. The other example would be, today my boyfriend surprised both my mom and me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. So yes, the caption to your picture should be, this is my mom and me. You are absolutely right and you win the bet my dear.
2006-12-04 09:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by deedleydee 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Technically, no. "My mom and I", as far as grammar is concerned.
ADDED - or actually, looking at it again, and come to think of it, I think "me" would be the acceptable word. I think you're supposed to always refer to yourself ("I" or "me") as though the other person is not in the sentence, and you've got that right. In a caption for a picture, you would probably say "me" instead of "I".
2006-12-04 01:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by Master Maverick 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Your statement is, "That is my mom and ..."
The correct pronoun is I, and therefore you lost your bet.
Linking verbs (all forms of the verb to be - am, is, are, was, were) always use the subjective case (he, she, I). "That is me" is grammatically incorrect, since me is objective (him, her, me). Me would be correct if it were following a preposition (that is a picture OF my mom and me). But "this is my mom and I" is the only grammatically correct phrasing for what you gave. It does not sound right because you always hear people say it incorrectly, but it is so.
However, it does seem natural to say "my mom and me" for a caption, although I probably would have written it as "me and my mom". Me first, you know!
2006-12-04 10:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
According to traditional grammar, the correct phrase would be "my mom and I." But honestly, it doesn't matter anymore. Grammar is ever-changing due to usage variations. It's much more common these days to hear "my mom and me," and in a hundred years, that will probably be considered the standard usage. So my answer is, you're both right.
2006-12-04 02:49:17 · answer #8 · answered by Beth 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It would be helpful to have the full context of the caption to answer this question. But if it is preceeded by "that's" then your hunch sounds right: "that's my Mom and me".
2006-12-04 01:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Ladida 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My mom and I for the subject, My mom and me for the object.
2006-12-04 01:46:05 · answer #10 · answered by EQ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom and me.
It's really short for "a picture of my mom and me". You would not say "a picture of I". So, in short, you are correct.
2006-12-04 03:59:28 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋