Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » I/me http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Writing for Business – I/me http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/writing-for-business-ime/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/writing-for-business-ime/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:54:20 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/writing-for-business-ime/ handshake2.jpg Which is correct?

The vendor promised both my boss and ______ that their new product is backwards compatible .
a. I
b. me

Answer: b

Explanation:  When in doubt, remove the extra words between the subject and verb and trust your ear. You wouldn’t say “the vendor promised I”, would you?  You need an object pronoun here. Choose me.

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