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Offline Jonathon

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« Reply #75 on: August 04, 2008, 08:49:28 PM »
Put another way, a subject complement says something about the subject, while an object does not. In it is I/me, I/me says who it is. In I threw the ball, the ball doesn't say anything about I.
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« Reply #76 on: August 13, 2008, 04:50:58 AM »
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In sum, though some misinformed people may give you a bad time about it, it is perfectly okay to use it is me.
Or perfectly informed people who happen to be language snobs. ;)
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« Reply #77 on: August 13, 2008, 12:28:16 PM »
In other words, people who should know better. :P  
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