Drats! I plead guilty of an incorrect reply. However, in my defense, it should be remembered that (thank you, Wikipedia!):
...in terms of common usage, especially in informal speech, "It's me" is rather common. However, many prescriptive grammarians frown upon this usage and regard it as a mistake. In this case, I is not affected by the action of the verb is, and it specifies exactly who the subject It is. In formal English, the subject complement therefore takes the subjective case. Usually, this makes no difference in the sentence because English nouns no longer distinguish between subjective and objective case. But English pronouns make the distinction, and the subject complement takes I instead of me. "It's I" sounds strange to many English speakers, but is considered correct by prescriptivists On Nov 24, 2007 11:19 AM, Alli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reminds me of the old joke. > > Three guys go up to heaven. The first one knocks at the Pearly Gates, > and St. Peter asks "who's there?" "It's me, John Smith." "Hello, John > Smith. Tell me, what did you do in life?" "I was a lawyer." "Come inside." > > Second guy knocks at the gates. "Who's there," asks St. Peter. "It's me, > Joe Williams." "And what did you do in life, Mr. Williams?" "I was a > doctor." "Come in, Dr. Williams." > > Third guy knocks. "Who's there?" "It is I." "Come in, English teacher." > > john.messeder wrote: > > About which my mater would absolutely disagree. > > It is not me who is at the door, it is I who am so positioned. > > > > Colin McGrath wrote: > >> at that door, you should reply, "It's me". > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
