“I” Used Incorrectly!

rogersgeorge on May 8th, 2023

Last panel. He sounds sophisticated, right?

https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2023/03/29

The problem is that in this sentence, that last word is a direct object, which should be “me.” “It has destroyed me,” not “It has destroyed I.”

If the sentence had had a linking verb, then the last word would have been a predicate nominative, which should be “I.” For example, “She is a better painter than I (am).”

Tricky tricky

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