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WestHampstead
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sth basic
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If you want to answer a question, what do you say?
"me" or "I"? my students made me hesitate.
thanks
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23 Jan 2010
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Mariethe House
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Definetely: I .... me is object pronoun.
French children do the same because they translate from: "moi, je" which is a form of insisting on the subject pronoun. Isn �t there something like that in Spanish which makes them want to start with the �me �?
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23 Jan 2010
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WestHampstead
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thank you, as I thought, sometimes you hear them and finally make you doubt
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23 Jan 2010
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yanogator
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You are right about this, but the common practice in the US is to use "me" if the answer is just one word.
For example:
"Who can answer this question?" "Me" (or "I can")
Although "I" is correct, since it is the subject pronoun, it is not used for a one-word answer.
Bruce |
23 Jan 2010
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aliciapc
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I definitely agree with Bruce, I �ve always answered "me" to teachers while I was learning English and they never corrected me.
And Mariethe, we do start with "me" (pronounced /me/ ) in Spanish but it is not a subject pronoun, it can be like the reflexive pronouns of English, sort of, difficult to compare ... or sometimes the object pronoun too.
Regards W.H.  |
23 Jan 2010
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