Which is the correct wording?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Which is correct sentence?

I am I.
I am me.

Thanks.

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Could you give us some context?

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“I am I/me. You are not I/me, that’s why you don’t understand the situation I am in.”

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I think most people would say “I am me. You are not me, …” though that may not be strictly correct.

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It might help to think of other subject and object pronouns.

Subject — Object
! — Me
He — Him
She — Her
You — You
They — Them
etc

I gave the book to him.
He gave the book to me.

“I am me” is no different.
I is the subject pronoun and me is the object pronoun.

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Both are possible in today’s English! :smiling_face:

To me, grammatically, ‘I am I’ is correct. However, there is fast growing tendency to use the objective form, especially in spoken contexts where ‘I am me’ may become acceptable.

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I completely agree and as you so rightly say there is a growing tendency to use the object complement rather than the subject complement. Look at the following:

  • He’s the one you should thank, not I (SC).
  • He’s the one you should thank, not me (OC).
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Good examples, @Masme.

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It’s always nice to hear that coming from you. @Anglophile

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