Please help me saying which of the two forms is correct. Thanx a lot.
2007-09-20 03:21:10 · 11 answers · asked by silvia b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Neither. I would like it. It's me who wants it. The form you are using for the pronoun is archaic and not used in modern language.
To say I who wants it sounds Shakesperian.
2007-09-20 03:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I love this one. Most people assume that the first person must take 'want' as in 'I want a drink'. However, in this case the first person (speaking) is describing a situation almost as reported speech and the I becomes an identifier similar to a proper noun e.g 'it is Jane who wants it'.
What we end up with, then, is the word 'I' but used in the sense of the third person. The correct phrase is, therefore. 'It is I who wants it'.
I would say, though, that the risk of ambiguity is so small that either form will do. (Pace grammar fascists.)
2007-09-22 18:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by J S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The subject of the sentence is "I", a first person singular nominative pronoun. I know, that's more information than you wanted, but this means that the verb form has to agree with a first person singular pronoun. The correct form is "It is I who want it."
2007-09-20 10:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NEVER SAY IT'S ME regardless of that answer... that is always wrong.
In this case, it is best to simplify the language and say, I want it... but if you must complicate the forms, then the proper grammar is: It is I who wants it.
2007-09-20 10:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by Don't Try This At Home 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
kind of depends, if you have asked for something and being asked who asked for this then it's wantsalthough it's an odd turn of phrase, normally you would use 'me' with 'wants' 'it's me who wants it', if it's a future thing, who wants this to happen? I want it
2007-09-20 10:27:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jody W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In formal English it is "I who want", in informal "me who wants".
2007-09-20 10:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither. S/he who wants does not get.
If you would like to have???
2007-09-20 10:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by bluebadger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends in what context like the other have said.
To me, it would be.
"Do I want it?"
The examples you have used are terrible, grammatically!
2007-09-20 10:31:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I who wants it.
2007-09-20 10:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by elizadushku 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is I who wants it. Or I really want that!
2007-09-20 10:26:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋