the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object.
They asked me to the party. Give me your hand.
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun I in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's me.
Informal. (used instead of the pronoun my before a gerund).
Did you hear about me getting promoted?
(often lowercase) managing editor.
Master of Education.
Master of Engineering.
Mechanical Engineer.
Methodist Episcopal.
Mining Engineer.
Maine
Marine Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Methodist Episcopal
Mining Engineer
Middle English
(in titles) Most Excellent
myalgic encephalopathy
refers to the speaker or writer
that shocks me
he gave me the glass
(when used an an indirect object) a dialect word for myself
I want to get me a car
A traditional rule governing the case of personal pronouns after forms of the verb to be is that the nominative or subjective form ( I; she; he; we; they ) must be chosen. Some 400 years ago, owing to the feeling that the postverb position in a sentence is object rather than subject territory, me and other objective pronouns ( him; her; us; them ) began to replace the subjective forms after be, so that It is I became It is me. Today such constructions— It's me. That's him. It must be them. —are almost universal in speech, the context in which they usually occur. In formal speech or edited writing, the subjective forms are used: It was I who first noticed the problem. My brother was the one who called our attention to the problem, but it wasn't he who solved it. It had been she at the window, not her husband. Me and other objective forms have also replaced the subjective forms in speech in constructions like Me neither; Not us; Who, them? and in comparisons after as or than: She's no faster than him at getting the answers. When the pronoun is the subject of a verb that is expressed, the nominative forms are used: Neither did I. She's no faster than he is at getting the answers. See also than. When a verb form ending in -ing functions as a noun, it is traditionally called a gerund: Walking is good exercise. She enjoys reading biographies. Usage guides have long insisted that gerunds, being nouns, must be preceded by the possessive form of the pronouns or nouns ( my; your; her; his; its; our; their; child's; author's ) rather than by the objective forms ( me; you; him; her; it; us; them ): The landlord objected to my (not me ) having guests late at night. Several readers were delighted at the author's (not author ) taking a stand on the issue. In standard practice, however, both objective and possessive forms appear before gerunds. Possessives are more common in formal edited writing, but the occurrence of objective forms is increasing; in informal writing and speech objective forms are more common: Many objections have been raised to the government (or government's ) allowing lumbering in national parks. “Does anyone object to me (or my ) reading this report aloud?” the moderator asked.
First recorded before 900; Middle English me, Old English mē (dative and accusative singular); cognate with Dutch mij, Old High German mir; akin to Greek emé, Irish mé “I, me,” Latin mē, Russian menjá
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This is about me and Mariusz, not about anybody else.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I asked why the limit was so low, but they couldn’t give me an explanation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If you tell me: ‘my family had a sugar mill,’ chances are all you’re going to get is chunks of rusted iron in an abandoned field.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I thought it was an opportunity for someone like me who believes in brands and is very focused on the meaning of what the brand is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
He reminds me of the poor white sharecroppers who tilled Mr. Thompson’s land.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
She hopes to make the Burbank Mommy and Me tennis class a monthly fixture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The show ended with Dance With Me, a ballad in which Mars yearns for one last slow dance to save a struggling relationship.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Investors have been scouring an online Reddit “Ask Me Anything” that Burnham conducted for clues about fiscal policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He said his upcoming presidential memoir, "Promise Me, America," would be about the "challenges we faced as a nation, about the decisions I made, and why I made them."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Me and Lloyd attended school in our next-best shirts, sent off with a warning from Aunt Maud.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Consultant physiotherapist Claire Jones said the service ensured people with any severity of ME could now receive "individualised support".
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Not everyone with ME is affected in the same way.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
According to ME Research UK, PoTS is a debilitating, under-recognised condition that causes quick heart rate increases after getting up from sitting or lying down.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
But Harbinder says she is "hopeful" about a new £1.1m study that will analyse the links between Long Covid and ME, between them thought to affect about 1.3 million children and adults in the UK.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
ME: Maybe you can call that Kim girl from the party that night and go hang out there today.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Dr Brown said he was referring to the so-called special relationship between Britain and the US, rather than a personal bond, but President Bush's wife Barbara also signed, adding: "Me. Too."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
At Emily’s lowest moment, her erratic best friend since childhood, Chess Chandler, reappears in her life with this irresistible proposition: “You. Me. Italy.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
“Oh, that’s easy. Me. I said it first,” Biden said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Shawn French, 51, a video game writer in Limerick, Me., and his wife welcomed her widowed father into their home three years ago.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
“They don’t want to steal, they want to buy. Me. They got a corpse up there and they want a miracle.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
“While large islands are en vogue, don’t underestimate the beauty of a small galley or U-shaped kitchen,” Meghan Eisenberg, of Studio M.E., told Homes and Gardens.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
A colorful raconteur who said she always loved pen names and disguises, Ms. Meaker wrote children’s books as Mary James and young-adult novels as M.E.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022
She retired Packer in 1966 and in 1972, as M.E.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
Throughout his career, Delgado appeared in other television shows, including "Quincy M.E.,"
From Fox News ● Mar. 10, 2022
A curious contemporary French pamphlet on him, Histoire admirable et declin pitoyable advenue en la personne d'unfawory de la Cour d'Espagne, is reprinted by M.E.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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