Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  Because Anton & I enjoy playing with archaic language
 AH>  you may notice exceptions from time to time.  I often
 AH>  say "methinks", e.g., but very few other people do
 AH>  that nowadays.

 AK>  There are some other phrases, should they in use?
                                    |should they be in use?



 AK>  "It's me!"  instead of "It's I"


           In theory, if you're merely identifying yourself to the person(s) on
 the other side of the door or whatever you should say "it is I"... in
practice, North Americans tend to prefer "it's me" when they're speaking
informally.

           Rule of thumb:  Anyone who knows you well enough to recognize you by
 the sound of your voice probably won't object if you say "it's me".  :-)



 AK>  "Me too!" instead of "I too"?


           I've also participated in conversations along these lines:

  A.  I hate it when we're sweltering under a heat inversion & the chatty young
      jocks on the TV news rhapsodize about the "perfect" weather we're having,
      even though asthmatics & elderly folks have been advised to stay indoors.

  B.  Me too.


           Rule of thumb:  When people are sharing their feelings, they need to
 know others will be able to understand the situation from their POV... and if
A seems very upset B might do well to keep his/her replies brief so that A can
go on with a minimum of interruption.  Miss Stickler's lessons notwithstanding
I'd be inclined to say "me too" there.  Alternatives include "I do too", "so do
 I", and "I feel much the same way"... but under the circumstances I doubt A
will be focusing on whether or not every utterance B offers in response has a
subject & predicate or how things work in Latin, and "me too" contains fewer
words.  :-))



 AK>  "You and me?" instead of "you and I"?


           Depends on the context.  Years ago I knew an older man who carefully
 said "just between you and I", perhaps because someone corrected his grammar
at the dinner table when he wasn't old enough to follow the logic....  :-Q




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