What I want to say is that I compete with myself in short. I was thinking that it could be Me vs Me I vs Me I vs Myself Which one is grammatically correct? Answer "me vs. myself" Versus, from Latin vers, or versa, means facing or towards (imagine two pieces of wood lying against … Read more
What would be the syntactic function of Intikas in the following sentence? They are called Intikas in their language. It seems to me that in this case the verb call is behaving as a copulative verb, since Intikas can be identified with the subject they and, as a consequence, work as a sort of nominative … Read more
Several times I met the phrase as: “It is currently doesn’t …”, for example “It is currently doesn’t work…”. First of all, it seems that the phrase itself is grammatically incorrect, because the verb “to be” used in the beginning (“is”) implies an object, which seems to be not present here. However, I am wondering … Read more
I want to sign a letter jokingly not by name, but by a personal pronoun. Is the signature a subject or an object? I feel like using object pronoun (me) sounds better, but why? The signature looks more like a subject to me. Example: Best regards, I or Best regards, me And for more people … Read more
I am unable to ascertain what would be the subject in the following sentence. The gift Karen gave to her brother is a teddy bear. Here the relative pronoun (that) has been omitted after the word gift. If I keep this in mind, then I can rewrite the sentence as Karen gave the gift to … Read more
I wish to find the subject in the sentence below, but am unable. It was his goal to become a great writer. Also, do provide me with reasons. Answer It was his goal to become a great writer. The Extraposed Subject of this sentence is to become a great writer. We can think of this … Read more
I’ve found a few related questions, but none that specifically answers this quandary: "To people like you and I/me—those who face uncertainty, trials, and trouble—the apostle Peter wrote these words." Without the interjection, "me" would be correct because "you and me" is the object, Peter is the subject. But the interjection makes "you and I" … Read more
My first intuition is that it should be: I scheduled a meeting for you and I to chat. But then I noticed that I would use "me" in: Patrick scheduled a meeting for you and me. and Patrick scheduled a meeting for me to chat with him. I think the reason I’m struggling is that … Read more
Since, in the first person singular, I can compare my situation, tastes, etc. to someone else’s saying “Neither do I.” or “Me neither.”… … is it possible to use all the other personal pronouns in the same way? “Us neither.” “Him/Her neither.” “Them neither.” etc. Answer As mentioned above, it’s all down to usage and … Read more
