"It is I" versus "It is me"?
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"It is I" versus "It is me" what is correct?
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Usually it'll be "It is me" though it'll be contracted to "It's me".
Example:
Sarah: "Who is it?"
John: "It's me."
Also I did a Google search and apparently "It is I" is the formal way to say it. But I pretty much never hear people use that in everyday life.
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The short answer, for modern English, is "it's me".
There's an old rule about a subject pronoun being able to follow "to be", in which case "it is I" is technically correct, but then again it sounds a little odd for a subject to follow the verb. I guess we've just gone with what's more comfortable.
By the way, "it's I" is completely wrong. If you're going to be formal, you need to say every word fully.
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It is I = old English
It is me = modern English
"It is I" is still used in some very formal situations. You won't be needing it, though.
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It is I <-- неправильно
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