Alas, This is Me
rogersgeorge on June 2nd, 2022
I have to discipline myself not to answer unasked questions about grammar mistakes. Here’s the comic:
Now. How many of you wondered about the title to this post having “me” instead of “I”? After all, technically, linking verbs get predicate nominatives, not direct objects. But “This is I” sure sounds unnatural.
I think the grammatical solution would be to change the whole sentence to something like “This is something I would be tempted to do.” Yeah, it’s not as concise, and short headlines are generally better. Besides, using “me” gives me a point of grammar to write about!
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