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This video explains what dangling modifiers are and, more importantly, how to avoid them. It provides a useful formula for using a modifying phrase...
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This video covers how to use either/or, neither/nor, and both/and. How do these word pairs change the meaning of a sentence? Do we use singular or...
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I versus me a la Shmoop If youve ever spent a day at school in
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your life which we certainly hope you have youve probably heard the following Kelly So
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then like me and Veronica went to the cat fashion show-- Teacher ah ah ah
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Veronica and I.
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The problem though is that some students will go overboard and start changing everything to
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I For example whats right this is between you and me or this is between
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you and I To answer this question weve got to get back to the basics.
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I and me are both pronouns which means theyre words that take the place of nouns.
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And theres just one difference I always takes the place of a subject and me
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always takes the place of an object.
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For example take George and Kelly over here.
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Lets say George says to Kelly I love you.
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unless he gets very nervous in which case he might accidentally say me love you.
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George is the subject hes the person doing the action the loving in the sentence.
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So naturally he uses I instead of me.
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Now the same thing applies of course if theres more than one subject.
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George Kelly and I are going to the rodeo this weekend to taunt some bulls.
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You could also just think of it like this If its the subject of the
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sentence its going to be I.
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If its not the subject of the sentence its gonna be me.
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Thank you Justin Timberlake. NOTE end of file
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