Posted by Roy W. Rising on 09/26/19 11:58

Carey Carlan <gulfjoe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:1158340993.433636.182590@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Roy W. Rising wrote:
> >> > There's your first screw up. It wasn't Hank that posted the link, it
> >> > was me.
> >>
> >> OK, "me". [Of course, you meant to say "... it was I."]
> >
> > Actually, not to keep the flaming going, but he is correct in using the
> > pronoun "me." "I" is to be used as a subject, "me" in the predicate.
> > There are no independent clauses that would cause the first person to
> > be the subject of the phrase, just simple "Subject+verb+predicate."
>
> But it's being used in the nominative, not as a predicate.
>
> When the sentence can be turned around ("I was the one that posted the
> link."), "I" is correct.

Agreed. I was taught to reverse the pronouns as a test for correctness.
One would not say "me was it".

--
~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"

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