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Mekaama

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:54 am

Here's a challenge. Which of the poll sentences is grammatically correct and why? I'll be on in the morning to post an answer.

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:16 pm

The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and I.

Why? Because: The contest will be judged by I ... or, I will judge the contest.

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Mekaama

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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:22 am

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:38 am

Yesss!!! I finally got something right!! blaugh ..although I didn't understand a word you said... sweatdrop I just know that "The contest will be judged by (Billy, Suzy, and) me" sounds better than "The contest will be judged by (Billy, Suzy, and) I". That's my reasoning, anyway. stare
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:48 am

You don't say," Me will judge...you say I will judge." Its common sense! mrgreen

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:48 pm

It's the second one. It's the same thing as when someone says, "Joe will be going to the mall with Bernard and I." That's incorrect; the correct being "Joe will be going to the mall with Bernard and me."

After all, you wouldn't say, "The contest will be judged by I" or "Joe will be going to the mall with I", would you?

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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:05 pm

the first one, definitely...hey people here speak english! that's quite amazing if you think about it, 51% of california doesn't...isin't that pathetic?

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:37 pm

Damn, I put "The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and I." sad

I was tempted by "The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and me." But then thought if it were me it would be put "The contest will be judged by me, Billy, and Suzy." rolleyes Oh well...

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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:39 pm

-blinks-

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:14 am

Mekaama

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.

Get your case names right.

I is nominative, me is accusative/dative/ablative, my is genitive.

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Whoremone

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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:53 pm

Second one. You just don't end a sentence with I.

Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:09 pm

Mekaama

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.

I never mastered the correct terminology as to why me and not I is used here, so all I can do is test the sentence.

How does this sentence sound without Suzy, Billy? "The contest will be judged by I" verses "The contest will be judged by me." I pick door number two.