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Old 14-Dec-2007, 16:41
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Default Re: It is YOU

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Originally Posted by borsbali View Post
Thanks a lot for the quick and proper answer.
I might teach though "It is me who is to blame" OR "It is I who am to blame" as gramatically right sentences when it comes to prepare my pupils for the language exam in Hungary

Thanks a lot, bye,

Balázs.
As I said....this is very controversial. Some opinion goes one way, others go the other. If you wish to review this opinion just put this phrase exactly as I have written it into the Google search engine:

"It is I who" esl

You will find a lot of discussion about the use of this construction and you can make up your own mind.

If I was teaching this construction, I would find out the acceptable form for your examination. I would teach that form and explain the controversy. THEN I would show the better alternative that I have shown earlier which is a better construction and has no controversy.
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