What about telling us the right version??
- Myself and Renee ate at Crackerbarrel last night.
- No one got the flu but myself and my boss.
- No one wanted to try midnight zip-lining but myself.
I is grammatically correct in number 1, but it's a very strong convention to say Renee and I, not the other way around.According to the given rule, I would say "I" in all three examples. Without reading the rules, I would "naturally" say "I" in the first sentence and "me" in the other two. Would love to hear the correct version and of course the reason.
Is it not 'No one (but/except/except for/with the exception of me) was hurt' in which 'me' is the object of the preceding preposition(al phrase)?
Putting 'me' after 'but' when strictly it should be 'I' is also a very strong convention.
- "No one but my boss and I got the flu." "Me got the flu"?
- "No one but I wanted to try midnight zip-lining."
Here 'I' is part of the subject, "No one but I". However, if expressed as in the original, I would say 'me'.
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