In grammar when do you use me or I?

Answer 1

"I'm" and "I am" mean the same thing, of course, "I'm" is merely the contraction. It's fine to use "I'm" most of the time, but "I am" gives more weight to the sentence if it is appropriate. You'd probably say: "I'm hungry", but you'd probably also say "I am not a liar!" if accused.

Answer 2

"I" is always the subject of a verb, and never, but never, oh no, not EVER the object of a verb or a preposition. "Me" is always the object of a verb or a preposition. Read to me and my brother, or Read to my brother and me. Never, but never, not ever - do you hear me - DO NOT USE "I" as in "for my brother and I." That is so barbarously, ignorantly wrong that all the poets and writers who ever wrote in English are spinning in their graves whenever someone says something like " for my brother and I."

One simple rule of thumb is to eliminate one person from the sentence.

Correct usage:

"He and I went to the beach." You know it is correct because 'He went to the beach." and "I went to the beach." Both work independently.

Compare to:

"Me and him went to the beach." You know it isn't correct because "Me went to the beach.", and "Him went to the beach." obviously don't work.

This rule works in EVERY CASE, without exception.

All you have to do is say the sentence with only one pronoun, and it is easy to discern the correct usage.

More examples:

"The party was for she and I." may sound correct to many, but leave out one pronoun and see what happens. "The party was for she." "The party was for I."

See?

"The party was for her and me." works because when split up it is "The party was for me." and "The party was for her."

Answer 3

I is always and only the subject of a verb. In all other cases, use me.

If you said: My parents, aunts, cousins and me are going to the park, that would be incorrect. To correct it, you take out all the other people or names. So for an example: Me am going to the park. That's why it isn't correct. Instead it would be: I am going to the park. So: My parents, aunts, cousins and I are going to the park.

Answer 4

The first-person pronoun "I" is the nominative case, which means it is uses as a subject of a sentence or clause, or as a predicate nominative. The pronoun "me" is the objective case, which is uses as the object of a sentence or of a preposition. The same usage applies to the plural versions, we and us.

Examples:

I am going to town.

You and I are going to town.

I will talk to you when I get back from town. (subject of the clause)

He threw me across the room. (direct object)

He threw me the ball. (indirect object)

He threw the ball to me. (object of the preposition)

Answer 5

I is a subject pronoun. It indicates the doer of the action.

I played tennis with Kim yesterday.

Me is an object pronoun. It indicates the object.

Kim played tennis with me yesterday.

Answer 6

Generally, contractions record informal speech. Don't use them in formal writing.