"Just you and ____ left to do it now." |
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Votes: 314
Comments: 5
Added: December 2005
| Stryfe - 9th February 2007 02:09 |
| There's a couple ways I came to my conclusion. "Just you and ___ [are] left to do it now.] In this case, you and I are subjects. I is the nominative (subject) form of the word, so it is correct. Another way of reading is "It is just you and ___ left to do it now." Is is a linking verb, which links with a nominative case subject. Again, I. |
| Jordão pereira - 27th July 2007 23:08 |
| A subject pronoun must precede a verb. |
| Nick - 11th September 2007 11:23 |
| Stryfe's first solution is undoubtedly valid. The second solution is much more questionable. The verb to be is in this context known as a "copulative" verb (no sniggers please, this has a technical grammar sense!). Copulative verbs can take either the nominative of accusative form as their object. Do you say "it is I" (rather formal but correct) or "it is me" (less formal and also correct). Thus in the example either "I" or "me" is valid, which probably explains why the vote is so evenly divided. |
| Nikala - 13th December 2007 12:19 |
| well if you wrote " Just you and me left to do it now" that wouldnt make much sense but if you wrote " Just you and I left to do it now" you could understand the sentence much easier. |
| no - 9th May 2008 15:41 |
| muy buena la pagnica |
