My family consists of my mother, brother and me. Is 'me' correct or should it be 'I' or 'myself'?

Answer 1

The objective pronoun, "me," is correct

"Me" is the object of the preposition, "of," so a subjective pronoun like "I" is incorrect.

"myself" is reflexive, and would only be appropriate if the subject of the sentence was "I" . . like, "I gave myself a pat on the back."

If "my mother, brother and I" were the subject of the sentence, such as, "My mother, my brother, and I make up my family, " then the subjective pronoun, "I" would be correct.

Answer 2

Myself is better because my family .... my mother, (my) brother and myself. There is a term in English for this...

" Express coordinate ideas in similar form.

This principle, that of parallel constructions, requires that expressions similar in content and function be outwardly similiar. The likeness of form enables the reader to recognize more readily the likeness of content and function."

It gives the example of the Beatitudes from the Bible:
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Otherwise ( without consideration to the composition ) it should be me as the object of the preposition of in the phrase "(consists) of mother, brother and me." It is objective because of that ... but a moot point as you should say myself, you see, as I have pointed out above.
I think a point could be made that myself is not equal to my mother and my brother. Myself falls into those uses aside from the reflexive; namely, the absolute and emphatic.
The absolute construction is a grammatical construction "lacking gramattical connection with any other word in a sentence."Myself, I would not eat anything before I knew what it was."

I have discovered some more information and in the example above 'myself' could be considered emphatic as a part of a parallel construction or parallel construction in a series. Therefore, we can dismiss the idea that the only use of myself is reflexive.

Answer 3

I was taught that if you were to take all the other people out of the sentence, what would you say?

So in this case, if you took your mum and brother out, you would say "my family is just me" or myself....

It's really useful to remember- I hate it when I look at photo comments, for example and people put "bob and i". If bob wasnt there you would have just said "me". Therefore it should be be "bob and me"!

I highly recommend Eat shoots and leaves for a funny book on grammar and punctuation.

Answer 4

Myself

Answer 5

Me or myself would suffice, but not I. The way to tell is to take the other objects out of the sentence, in this case, mother and brother. Would you say: "My family consists of I"? No. That just sounds silly. Myself and me both sound fine. Frankly, i don't know the difference between me and myself, so to say they're both acceptable is a guess. I am sure that "I" is incorrect.

Likewise, the trick works for sentences like "Adam and me/myself/I enjoy swimming."

Remove the other objects, this case Adam, and you're left with three options:

Myself enjoy swimming.
Me enjoy swimming.
I enjoy swimming.

Obviously, in this case, you should say Adam and I.

Answer 6

My family consists of my mother, my brother, and me.
Mother, brother, and I, are a family.

Answer 7

Really easy - it is 'me' - it is the object of the sentence. Use 'I' only when it is the subject and myself is only correct as a reflexive, I wash myself etc.

However, although I wouldn't ever expect to hear 'I' in the above sentence, probably some people might suggest myself as it is misused constantly.

Answer 8

I find "me" quite acceptable in this context. The trick in working out whether it is "I' or "me" in such a construction is to put the preposion (of) in front of the "I", which is clearly wrong in standard English, because one wouldn't say: "a picture of I" (unless one came from somewhere like Wiltshire). Some people opt for "myself", which is also perfectly correct.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Mother ,brother and I