Neverfadingwood 🇺🇦 on Nostr: I wonder whether there's a semantic or pragmatic difference between "It is I/me" and ...
I wonder whether there's a semantic or pragmatic difference between "It is I/me" and "That is I/me"
To me, the contracted form "It's I" sounds completely wrong, whereas "It's me" is fine. Whereas in the 'full' form, "It is I" sounds OK, if a bit prissy, and "It is me" sounds a bit odd.
On the other hand, "That is I" sounds incorrect while "That is me" sounds fine.
All very messy.
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To me, the contracted form "It's I" sounds completely wrong, whereas "It's me" is fine. Whereas in the 'full' form, "It is I" sounds OK, if a bit prissy, and "It is me" sounds a bit odd.
On the other hand, "That is I" sounds incorrect while "That is me" sounds fine.
All very messy.
#Linguistics languagelovers group (npub17xd…wydc)