No one but me seemed to notice him.

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No one but me seemed to notice him.

Is it right to replace "me" with "I"? Thanks for help!
 

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Replacing me with I is grammatically correct, but it is a usage that is rarely seen or heard nowadays.
 

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Wouldn't this be better?

No one but me seemed to have noticed him.
 

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It depends on the context.
 

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Yes, the infinitive works if it is something repeated.

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Is "but" in the sentence a preposition? If so, isn't it wrong to replace "me" with "I"?
 

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"But" is a conjunction. Prepositions are in, at, on, of, etc.
It is not wrong to use "I".

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In the OP's sentence, "but" is a preposition, so "I" would be incorrect.
 

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'No one seemed to notice him, but I did.'
'But' is a conjunction here. Am I right?
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You are the OP. It means 'original poster'.

By the way, how do you say 嘟嘟嘟嘟?
 

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See post 13.
 
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