A question

[alisabti]

Hey Im ali . a student from iraq. I study in a typical school of talented boys and im the best in English but i have a question:

we use (its me) for introduction..........

my questions:

1-why?

2-what are the references that support your answer?

please,help me

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, alisabti.

We don't use "it's me" for an introduction. If I knock on a door and the person inside the room asks "who is it?", I may respond, if that person knows me, "It's me". Some people feel that the only correct response, assuming that you don't do the sensible thing and give your name, is "It's I", but that sounds very stuffy to most of us.

[alisabti]

I like this answer but my question is why do we say its for a human ???

ex: Hey,its me again................

[alisabti]

please, put some names of books that you found the answer in..............

[Barb_D]

The same reason we use pronouns in any other case: to substitute for the name.

You can also say "Hey, it's Barb again," but assuming the person knows your voice, you can just use "me" instead of my name.

[TheParser]

why do we say its for a human ???


NOT A TEACHER


(1) You have asked a wonderful question, and I have found a wonderful answer in

an old book entitled Understanding Grammar by Professor Paul Roberts (the year of

1954).

(a) Look at your sentence: IT is me.

(b) Why do we use "it" for a person?

(c) Well, in some languages, people say "is me."

(d) But the English language requires a subject. In other words, English

requires a word in front of "is."

(i) For example, in some languages, you can say "Wow! is hot today!"

But English requires a subject. So we can say "The weather is hot today,"

"The sun is hot today," or "It is hot today."

(2) Professor Roberts tells us that many years ago English speakers could say

something like "is Aunt Flo." (Remember: in some languages, that is a good

sentence.) But in English, we now feel that there should be a subject in front of

every verb. So today we must say "IT is Aunt Flo." This "it" -- says the professor --

means "almost nothing." (My note: we could also say "That is Aunt Flo" or "This is

Aunt Flo.")

(a) So we can use "it" for things and people:

It is afternoon.

It is me.

[Barb_D]

Parser, I had no idea the question about at "It." Well done.


alisabti - in the future, when you want to ask about the use of a particular word, please put it in quotation marks, like this: Why is "it" used for humans?

I thought you were asking about the entire sentence.

[5jj]

Thanks, TheParser. I learnt something today.

[alisabti]

Thank you parser!!
Barb im so sorry i'll remember that
thanks mr.5jj and is there a name i can call you with??LOL

[5jj]

t Thanks m Mr.5jj and is there a name i I can call you with by??

My name in this forum is 5jj - there is no need for a 'Mr'.