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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“I don’t necessarily want to go on different shows and direct only because I think that can be kind of a challenging life, as other directors who have done it tell me- especially with children.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2018
I suspect many NYT readers cannot afford many things that they read about in the paper, but - like me- found this an enjoyable vicarious amusement.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016
All because of me- people don’t care about you Cher. "@cher My week on twitter 1k retweets , 29 new listings 15k new followers 2k mentions."
From The Verge • Jun. 10, 2016
Saldana, best known for sci-fi adventure "Avatar," posted a quote by Simone on Twitter this week, saying "I'll tell you what freedom is to me- No Fear... I mean really, no fear."
From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2016
Could quantum me- chanics have an equally dramatic effect on the big bang and big crunch singularities?
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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