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Let me add one possibility no one has mentioned: an appositive. Bill and Mark, they’re good chaps. Me, I’m thinking of staying. Me myself, I’m thinking of staying. Your father and me, we’re thinking of staying. My partners and me, we’re interested in investing in your product. All those are grammatical.
15. Here is a general rule of thumb: if you mean "a different [noun]", then it is more appropriate to use "an other"; if you mean "an additional [noun]", then it is more appropriate to use "another". So in your example you should use "But it won't transform it to an other format." Also take a look at Brett Reynolds' answer.
Now consider the corresponding Ngram chart for "of my wife and me" (blue line) versus "of me and my wife" (red line) for the same period: The big advantage for the blue line in the first chart becomes far less evident in this chart, although between 1970 and 2005, "of my wife and me" manages to maintain at least a small advantage.
2. As long as you use the subject pronoun "I," and not the object pronoun "me," it's grammatical. You can put the first person pronoun either at the beginning of the sentence or after others, such as "others and I…." I and a couple of others here (ha ha) agree with putting "I" before the others. I disagree with the poster who said it's a ...
May 4, 2015 · May 4, 2015 at 17:04. 2. It is formally correct to say 'with John and me' or 'with me and John', but the first one is the preferred style in print or in school (as Peter and John said). 'with me and John' sounds informal because of this style choice. Also 'with John and I' is formally incorrect (prepositions in English take the accusative case ...
Yes: "May" contrasts with "Can" in the first person, and generations of children have been told off for saying "Can I" when grown-ups held that they should have been saying "May I". But in the second person, "May you" is very unusual. @Colin Interestingly, it also contrasts with "Can" in the third person. E.g.
Attached was a copy of addenda to a bill of sale between a Michael G---- (not me, Michael L----) and an Angus McC----, who, by the way, I bet doesn't get a lot of faxes intended for other Anguses. It's hard to make loan officers laugh, but I did it.
Mar 17, 2019 · Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used: When I was a child, all of my toys were red. But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for
"Yet another" isn't just more emphatic. It also changes the focus. Consider the following sentences. Another question was asked on the subject. Yet another question was asked on the subject. In the first sentence, the focus may be on the question or the subject. In the second sentence, the focus is on the fact that there are so many questions.
Apr 7, 2015 · In a Business sense I would probably use the word "acceptable". "Fine by me" and "fine with me" are more common speech terms. For example: The contract details as defined in your document are acceptable to me. The contract details as defined in your document are fine with me. The contract details as defined in your document are fine by me.
