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which is more correct and why?
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hiba373
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which is more correct and why?
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today,the vast majority of english speakers say:" it �s me" rather than "it �s i"
which is more correct and why?
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4 Mar 2010
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Zora
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Well, think of it this way...what would you say to this type of question:
"Is that George Clooney?"
"Oh, my! Yes, it is! "It �s him" or would you say "It �s he"?
You would say "It �s him", no?
So, of course like for "he" you need to use the object him and therefore, you would need to use the object for "I" which is "me".
Edit:
He, she, I, they, we, etc.... are subjects of a sentence so when you answer with "It is" you can�t use them and have to use the "object" instead.
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4 Mar 2010
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yanogator
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Zora is correct about current usage, but "is" is a linking verb, so it doesn �t take an object. Because of that, the correct choice gramatically is "It �s I" and "It �s he." The important thing, though, is that no one here in the Western Hemisphere says "It �s I" these days.
It �s funny that in the past, we �ll sometimes use it, as in "It was I who called you last night." However, in a short answer, we would still use "me."
"Which one of you called me?" "It was me."
Bruce
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4 Mar 2010
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Bruna Dutra
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Bruce, your explanation was great, I read that "it �s me" only started to be gramatically correct in the 16th century. And of course, Zora pointed out what every normal/native person would say.
And since the colloquial is always a good way to go when learning a new language, I always tell my students: "Go with the flow!" 
I actually have some wss on that subject, because I was so desperate to know all the rules and exception about this tough question... if anybody is interested, I can send them through e-mail.
Bruna.
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4 Mar 2010
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