17. I? Me? He? Him? Pronoun Case. English Grammar Lesson

Yossarian puts an end to the confusion surrounding case (the thing you wonder about when you're wavering between "I" and "me", "we" or "us", and so on).

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[flaze3]

So in a sentence like 'it is he who did it', 'he' is correct regardless of whether 'who did it' follows or not?

[mrthoth]

@flaze3 Exactly.

[datboyizzy]

Mr. Thoth, are you an English major?

[mrthoth]

Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

[Teddygram51]

Hi, I was just wondering which of the following statements is grammatically correct? "For ME, I like to go to the park", or "For MYSELF, I like to go to the park"

Thanks

[mrthoth]

@Teddygram51 In general, one should use "myself" only when "me" would sound utterly peculiar to a native speaker (e.g. "Every day I wash me"). However, a quick look at such classic authors as Fielding, Defoe, and Cooper, to name a few, will show that "as for myself" and "for myself" are perfectly acceptable, as are "for me" and "as for me".

[frobie54]

I wish you had been my teacher in high school. All we ever did in English was spelling words that were way already below my reading level when I was in second grade. It was never much in the way of often-confusing grammatical intricacies like this, which is a bit frustrating now that I'm trying to become an author.

So, in the example, "...but that's just __," you would use 'I', not 'me', correct?

[moksshhh]

So when my mom asks "Who want ice-cream?" we should shout "I ... I ... I" instead of "me ... me ... me"

and in example 1, "Please lunch with our guests and I" what is the subject?

and in example 3, "The culprit is he" ... isn't the usual line is "he is the culprit" ?

can we replace subject and subjective complement?

[gemsgarden07]

i find the lesson really interesting as I would want to teach English. In school we were never taught about case grammar until years later when i began learning European languages.I just wonder why I'm only finding Americans teaching English and none from the United Kingdom. Although the English is fairly equal, there are differences.

[mrthoth]

@antakatim8 All your answers of "How do you do?" are fine. "The thief is he" is correct. (Perhaps not all speakers know it's correct, however! Many would say, "The thief is him," so you can use either in conversation.)

[antakatim8]

thanks ! so one should say: '' the thief is he '' right?

When one says : how do you do ? can i answer : I am fine or im doing well or iam good?

thanks for all ur lessons!

[RickyPipez]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[TiminPhoenix]

He could make a reading of the phone book interesting.  One of the best teachers among the million on You Tube.

[JtotheBtotheZ]

Very well done! :) I can understand it clearly