me, my and I?

Question

Pls tell me what is the difference between me, my and I..and also when all do we use this....

Answer 1

*"I" is always a subject.

I am cold. I went to the store. My friend and I went to the store. She is taller than I (am).



*"Me" is always an object: the verb is directed towards "me".

Can you give that to me? He phoned me last night. He told me and my friend that he was going to the movies.



*"My" is for when something belongs to me.

My phone is ringing. We went to my friend's house.



*"Myself" is for when _you_ are doing something that reflects back on yourself.

I let myself sleep later than usual. I saw myself in the mirror.

Note: It is NEVER correct to say, although I hear similar things a lot, "Just my friend and myself were at the party". We don't say, "Myself was at the party."

ADDED: Please, please, please do not accept most of the other answers as correct.

You can NOT say, "Would you like to go to the movies with Johnny and I?" because we do NOT say "Would you like to go to the movies with I?"

I'm not sure why I got 2 thumbs down as I *KNOW* my grammar is correct. Three years of grammar study at the college level will do that. You can check out reliable sources to be sure:

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#34
http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/myself.html
http://writing911.com/writing/good-writing-tips/which-word-to-use/me-myself-and-i-whats-the-difference.html

Answer 2

Oh my goodness, after reading all these answers, 3/4 of which are incorrect, I would be more confused than ever about what are the differences between I, me and my and when to use each one. I am not going to confuse you any more by giving you another answer. But I will tell you that of all the answers, GLURPY'S ANSWER IS 100% CORRECT. EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE

Answer 3

They are pronouns. They take the place of a noun. In this case they take the place of your name. The Object, I, is used normally at the beginning of a sentence. It goes with a verb. The possessive, my, is like using your name only with 's, like Joe's. If your name was Joe, and you wanted to use the pronoun if something belonged to you, you would substitute Joe's with my.

Me is the subject of a sentence. It follows a preposition like of, from, with. It is that which the object and the verb are affecting or talking about. I killed me. It was my life. So there.

Answer 4

"Billy and I wanted to go.

"But Mom wasn't sure about taking me."

"So she took my little brother instead."

Glurpy, the folks giving the thumbs down were simply put off by being wrong!!

Answer 5

Its in the way you use them.
you wouldn't say-me will go to the store.
it would be- I will go to the store.

Or -That is I book.
but it is- That is my book.

They all are talking about yourself, in first, second and third.

Answer 6

Me is object (accusative case), as in "The ball hit me right in the forehead" (ouch!)

My is possessive (genitive case), as in "It's my party"

I is subject (nominative case), as in "and I can cry if I want to!"

Answer 7

Me: is used when talking about yourself.
My: is used when in singular tense you are showing possession for an item.
I: is used when, in conversation, you are referring to yourself.

EXAMPLE:
“My mom wants me to go to the store for her.”
“I want a bike for my birthday.”

Answer 8

"I" is used when talking about yourself and you are the subject of the sentence. "I want to go to the mall." "Me" is used when the subject of the sentence is not yourself and is most often used with a preposition - to, with, for. "Do you want to go to the mall with me." "My" is a possessive pronoun and is used to identify personal possessions. "That is my dress for the prom."

Answer 9

My is used to imply possession.

I is always followed by a verb.

Answer 10

You use "me" when you talk in the 3rd person. You use "my" to take propriety of something. You use "I" to speak of yourself in the 1st person.

Tada!