This question has being bugging me for a while- when is 'Me' used and when is 'I'- My mum whose a professor says you use 'A and Me' rather than 'A and I' since you would never caption a picture of yourself as ''I'...educated/informed guesses or answers please!
2007-06-03 09:29:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Take Deola out of it for a moment, and then think of it in different ways, and ask yourself what sounds best. So, you couldn't say 'Me is in this picture', it would be 'I am...', but you could say 'This is a picture of me'. Saying 'This is a picture of I' sounds wrong. So, you get 'Deola and I are in this picture', or 'This is a picture of Deola and me'.
I hope that helps.
I always thought that saying 'I' was correct, and was confused by newsreaders saying 'Goodnight from (X) and me', I thought it should be 'Goodnight from (X) and I', but then 'Goodnight from I' isn't right, so they were right after all!
2007-06-03 09:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If U are referring to a pic of urself, U would say "this is me", so U would say, eg "this is Deola and me." U would use "I" if U were the subject of the sentence - eg Deola and I had our picture taken. Your Mum is right! I taught full time for 30 years.
Hope this helps, and regards to your Mum.
2007-06-03 16:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, "I" is correct. "I" is the subjective form. "Me" is the objective form, meaning you use it when it's an object of action in the sentence. As in, "He gave ME an apple."
"I gave him an apple." is the subjective.
That being said, it's a picture, not a term paper. Use whatever caption you want!
2007-06-03 16:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by Artemis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋