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    Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    Me is a pronoun. I wonder if It can stand at the beginning of a sentence.
    Can anyone give me an useful advice?
    In this case, should I use "Me" or "I"?
    Perhaps me, you can hang out together, if you guys dont mind.

    Thanks in forward.

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    It's not grammatically correct, but you *can* do it...

    Like: Me thinks ... Etc

    It's normally used as slang in IM or texting or stuff like that.

    However, Prefixing a sentence with "Me" works fine, as it does in French and other languages.

    Me, I think ... Etc
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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    According to your signature, you are anti-republician.
    So can you give me your explaination, why do you "anti" it? Somehow I can be your follower after a meet?
    Thanks anyway.
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    You've got a fan there, leafypiggy!!! Someone who'll be hanging out and following you all the way home...
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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    Actually, It's a list of things, not a list of things I'm against. I'm sorry you took it that way, sir.
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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    The way I understand the slogan, he's only anti-Obama, and he's Republican (not anti), etc...

    "Perhaps me, you can hang out..." -- I think this is correct, but there is a pause after 'me'; might be better to say: "Perhaps we can hang out..."

    "Me, I think..." -- it's okay. So it depends on the context, but they may not qualify as complete sentences.

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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    It's really a direct object or indirect object pronoun, so in reality, it can't be used as a subject (unless as I said, in slang).

    Your sentence, Charlie, would be "Perhaps you and I could hang out..." I'm fairly certain that it can't be legit. used as the subject of a sentence.
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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    Quote Originally Posted by leafypiggy View Post
    Like: Me thinks ...

    The word is methinks ...
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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    Quote Originally Posted by descalzo View Post
    The word is methinks ...
    Methinks:
    A really pretentious and annoying way to say "I think."

    Methinks Hogfather is correct....


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    Re: Can "Me" work as Subject of a sentence?

    Quote Originally Posted by descalzo View Post
    The word is methinks ...

    I'm completely aware. No need to point it out. I was simply saying that "Me thinks" is how people speak online sometimes. For example, /me thinks that descalzo is spamming.

    It's third person singular, in case you were wondering.
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