英文文法一問

請問"me"之後可唔可以跟verb用?
例如我想寫: Only you and me know the truth of the story.
用"me" o岩唔o岩? 定係要用" I "?
多謝解答.

口語尚可接受

正統書面英語的 "me" 只能當object pronoun

如果係寫出黎既
最好係寫 : Only you and I know the truth of the story.

如果係講既 , 其實兩個都無咩問題既
但係就盡量避免用 me
因為都唔係個個人都會容易明白
亦有 d 人會好似我咁
會對每個人所讀出黎既字
都會係咁捉出所有既錯處

A simple way to deal with such problems is to break the compound sentence into its 2 constituents.
i.e.
1) Only you know the truth; 2) Only I know the truth

Then it is obvious that "Only you and me...." is wrong, since "Only me know the truth" is grammatically incorrect.

口語上用"Me and you..."比較常見，
但係書面一定要用"You and I..."

原帖由 JZ3968 於 2007-1-29 19:56 發表
請問"me"之後可唔可以跟verb用?
例如我想寫: Only you and me know the truth of the story.
用"me" o岩唔o岩? 定係要用" I "?
多謝解答.

Solution:

The correct sentence should be:
Only you and I know the truth of the story.


Explanation:

I: subject pronoun vs. me: object pronoun

In this case, the subject pronoun "I" should be used in the written English.
All other reasonable explanation are discussed by other boardmates, so I do not repeat here.





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