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I and me refer to the same person, the one talking, the 'first person singular'
Words like 'I, we, he, she, they' are pronouns. Pronouns can take several forms.
We will explain two of the forms:
(A) Look at this sentence: "I gave John my pen."
The one who is performing the action of the verb (give/gave) is called the 'subject'.
Who is performing the action in the sample sentence? It is the person speaking ( first person singular) who is performing the action.
And the 'subject form' of the 'first person singular' pronoun is 'I'.
(B) Now look at this sentence: "John gave me his pen."
Whoever or whatever is being affected by the action of the verb (give/gave) is called the 'object'.
So who or what is being affected by the action of the verb? In this case it is the one speaking again, the 'first person, singular'.
But this time the one speaking is the 'object' of the action, i.e. the one affected by the action of the verb.
And the 'object form' of the 'first person singular pronoun' is 'me'.
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Pronouns: List of some, showing their subject/object forms
# I/me # he/him, she/her
# we/us # they/them The words 'you' and 'it' don't change for their subject or object forms.
e.g.
* I gave you (object) the money. You (subject) threw me the change! * It (subject) damaged my father's car. He had to repair it (object)!
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The following group of sentences shows the 'subject form' and the 'object form' of the above pronouns. See if you can spot the pronouns, their subject forms and their corresponding object forms! ...
I gave the book to him, and he gave it her, and she gave it to you! But you gave it back to me so I gave it to them, but they gave it back to us! So we took it back to the library. And it is still there! So if you really want to read it, you'll just have to go there yourself!
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* For more information about pronouns, see Related linksbelow.
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∙ 14y ago
"I" is used as the subject of a sentence, while "me" is used as the object. For example, "I am going to the store" (subject) versus "She gave the book to me" (object). It's important to use the correct pronoun based on its role in the sentence to ensure proper grammar.
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