I (pronoun)

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The pronoun I is the first person's personalized person nominative pronoun in Modern English. This is used to call yourself and capitalized, although other pronouns, such as he or he , are not capitalized.

The grammar variants I are me , mine , mine and myself .

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Etymology

English I comes from Old English (OE) ic . Its predecessor ic in turn comes from the continuation of Proto-Germanic * ik , and ek ; the star sign represents an unallocated form, ek evidenced in the Elder Futhark inscription (in some cases mainly denoting the variant eka ; see also ek erilaz). Linguists consider ik to have evolved from variants without pressure ek . Variants ic are used in various dialects of the English language until the 1600s.

Tribal Germany is: Old Frisian ik , Old Norse ek (Denmark, Norway jeg , Sweden jag , Iceland à <  © g), Old High German ih (German ich ) and Gothic ik and in Dutch also "ik".

The Proto-Germanic root, in turn, comes from the Proto Indo-European language (PIE). The pronoun of the reconstructed PIE is * eg, egÃÆ'³m , with the same language including Sanskrit aham , Hittite uk , Latin ego , Greek ??? for example? , Old Slavonic az? and Alviri-Vidari (Iranian) ??? az .

The oblique shape is formed from a bar * me - (English me ), plural of * wei - (our i>), oblique plural of * ns - (English us ) and from Proto-Germanic * unseraz , PIE * no-s-ero - ( us, ours ).

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Capitalization

I (and only this pronoun form) is the only pronoun that is always written in English. This practice began to form in the late fifteenth century, though the lowercase letters were sometimes found at the end of the 17th century.

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Like the other English pronouns we ( us ), he ( he ), he ( them ), and them ( them ), the pronoun I has some single case form. This is:

• I , the nominative (or subjective) case form
• me , case form accusative (or objective)
• me , case dependent genitive form (or possessive adjectives)
• mine , an independent genitive case form (or possessive pronoun)

Use I and me

There are some situations where only the nominative form ( I ) is correct in grammar and the other where only the accusative form ( me ) is correct. There are also situations in which one form is used in informal styles (and often considered maths by older prescriptive grammar) and other forms preferably in formal styles.

Nominative exclusive use I

In all types of standard English, the nominative form I is used exclusively when it is the whole subject of an explicit verb, eg.

• "I did it."

no

• * "I made it."

With other pronouns, like we (specifically when used as a personal determinant), there may be exceptions to this in some types of English.

My exclusive use of accusative

In all types of standard English, the accusative form I is used exclusively when it is a direct or indirect object of a verb or a preposition. Akusatif I is also required in a number of constructions such as "Ridiculous me!"

Use of nominative and accusative alternatives

In many situations, both my and accusative nominees are encountered.

When the pronoun is used as a subjective predicative complement, the nominative I is sometimes encountered in a (very) formal style:

• "It's me."

But this is often seen as hypercorrect and may be unacceptable, as in:

• * "This one [photo] is me as a baby.

I is usually favored as a subjective predicate, especially in the informal style:

• "It's me as a baby."
• "It's me!"

Nominative I is more common in this role when followed by a relative clause:

• "This is me he loves."
• "I'm the one who loves you."

although even here I am more common in non-formal styles:

• "This is me he loves."
• "It's me who loves you."

Following as or rather than (without the following explicit verbs), accusative forms are common:

• "She's older than me."

However, where it is possible to regard the pronoun as the subject of an implicit and rather than or as as a conjunction, the nominative I is found in a formal style:

• "He is older than me [me]."

In English English, English, English and English Irish, many speakers have my own identical forms (see ancient and non-standard English pronouns).

Coordinate construction

The above applies when the pronoun stands alone as a subject or object. In some English (especially formal English), the rules also apply in coordinative constructions such as "You and I". So the correct form is

• "My husband and I wish you a Merry Christmas."
• "Between you and me..."

In some types of informal non-standard English, accusative is sometimes used when the pronoun is part of the coordinate construct of the subject, as in

• "Phil and I wish you a Merry Christmas."

This is very stigmatizing.

On the other hand, the use of the nominative I in coordinative constructions like "you and me" where I will be used in non-coordinated objects is less stigmatized - and in some cases so widespread considered a variety of standard English:

• "President Bush kindly invited Michelle and me to meet her..."
• "All debts are cleared between you and me".

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Personal pronouns in modern English

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