A grammar question

[Rebecca]

Grammar help: ( my example is an altered sentence by me- NOT the original sentence)

 

In Rod and Staff we learned that it is appropriate to use "me"

in a sentence like this:

 

First, he and Sharon's mom talked about it, and then they shared the news with Susie and me.

 

But, in a grammar lesson with another program it stated the sentence like this:

 

First, he and Sharon's mom talked about it, and then they shared the news with Susie and I.

 

Today, I taught one of my son's a lesson from FLL and it was the one where you teach the proper way to answer a knock on the door:

"It is I." -NOT "It is me."

 

I am so confused. What is right with these sentences? Rod and Staff basically taught that you should be able to remove the first part of the sentence and if you can properly complete it with me and not I- then that is the correct word to choose.

 

Help!

Rebecca

[Crimson Wife]

With objects of the preposition, one uses the object pronoun "me". With subject complements, one uses the subject pronoun "I".

 

In the sentence It is I, one uses the subject complement I.

 

In the clause ...they shared the news with Sharon and me, one uses the object of the preposition me.

 

R&S and FLL are correct, the 3rd program is incorrect.

[AngelaNYC]

 

First, he and Sharon's mom talked about it, and then they shared the news with Susie and me.

 

 

 

This is the correct way.

 

As far as answering the door, I always say "It's me". Although grammatically it is correct to say "It is I".

[Caitilin]

With objects of the preposition, one uses the object pronoun "me". With subject complements, one uses the subject pronoun "I".

 

In the sentence It is I, one uses the subject complement I.

 

In the clause ...they shared the news with Sharon and me, one uses the object of the preposition me.

 

R&S and FLL are correct, the 3rd program is incorrect.

 

 

Right. That's the "why" it's wrong. And you can check the "how" by leaving out the other people and saying "they shared the news with I." You know you'd never say that, so that's how you can tell that I is the wrong pronoun.