In this sentence, which pronoun should I use? 'one younger sister and I' or 'one younger sister and me' to be strictly grammatical?

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There are seven members in my family. They are my father, my mother, two elder brothers, one elder sister, one younger sister and I(or)me.

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I do think the second sentence is grammatically correct but it doesnā€™t sound very natural. Why not simply list the family members following the first sentence?

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They are my father, my mother, two elder brothers, one elder sister, one younger sister and I(or)me.".

I would use ā€œmeā€.

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Both are possible. ā€˜Meā€™ is certainly more popular while ā€˜Iā€™ is considered more formal.

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Hi Thura_Hun, I suggest you merge your sentences as follows:

There are seven members in my family: my father, my mother, two elder brothers, an elder and a younger sister and I(or)me.

I agree with Torsten that me is less formal than I.

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Thura_Htun

To be strictly grammatical, it should be the first as in: One younger sister and I accompanied my (our) uncle. (If you want to begin a sentence with that phrase).

But if the phrase comes as an object, the second would be grammatical: My uncle took one (my) younger sister and me to the shopping mall.

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I agree with both, Sir Kohyoongliat and Sir Anglophile. ā€œIā€ is a subject pronoun needs a verb but ā€œmeā€ is an object pronoun needs no verb.

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Hi both of you,

I merely stated that ā€˜meā€™ was less formal than ā€˜Iā€™ and I donā€™t see any problem with that.

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By the way, I wish I had a sibling, only one, not four. I think that would be too much for me to handle, given the fact that I am a member of what one calls a functional, dysfunctional family. :smiley:

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Oh and Mona_Rmzi

Do me favour and stop addressing male members with ā€˜Sirā€™. If you were to call me that way, I think I would become as venomous as that cat avatar of yours. :rage:

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You may please avoid prefixing or suffixing ā€˜Sirā€™ to Anglophile which is my pseudonym.

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Excuse me, what is the difference if it is your true or pseudonym? ā€œSirā€ is only for respect. What is the problem, exactly?
Many thanks

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Hahahahaā€¦ Hello, If you do not mind, could you please told me why? About my avatar, the nice balck cat is not venomous, it is only angry. Hahahahaā€¦

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Hi Mona_Rmzi,

Actually, thereā€™s nothing wrong with you being respectful, however, considering the fact that we are all a bit familiar with each other on the forum, you are allowed to be a little less formal. In shops some shop assistants will address you with ā€˜Sir, Madamā€™, however if they know your first name they will address you as follows, for example: ā€˜Hello, Marc.ā€™ Both you and they will get to know each otherā€™s first names after a while and so grow accustomed to it.
Yet, I would recommend ā€˜Sirā€™ and ā€˜Madamā€™ in the salutation of letters of application, because you donā€™t know your possibly future employer. So, you want to write : ā€˜Dear Sir(s), Dear Madam(s)ā€™

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Dear Mona,

I was only a bit irritable that day.

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No problem, It is OK.

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Iā€™m happy you had a great laugh. I know cats arenā€™t venomous, but your avatar shows clearly that yours is angry indeed.

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Only that, cats are very nice when they are angry, especially domestic ones.

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Does this mean you find it cute after you have teased it a little too much? By the way is it male or female, your cat, I mean, not the avatar.

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Looks like your device fell into a homophone trap :slight_smile:

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