TKG English Learner's Dictionary

I

Ipronoun

American /aɪ/ British /aɪ/
very commondefining vocabulary

  1. used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves

    I is the subject form and is always written with a capital letter, wherever it stands in a sentence. The object form is me; the possessive determiner is my, and the independent possessive is mine.

Word family

Usage

Unlike ordinary words, I keeps its capital letter wherever it stands in a sentence, not just at the start. When I is joined with another person, it comes last and stays in the subject form: my friend and I, not me and my friend.

Common mistakes

Me and my friend went to the store. My friend and I went to the store.
I is the subject form; it is used, not me, and it comes last when joined with another person.
i am a teacher. I am a teacher.
I is always written with a capital letter.

See also me; my; mine

For translators

Grammar trap English pronouns change form for subject, object, and possessive (I, me, my/mine); many languages use one form for all three, or leave the pronoun out when the verb already shows who the subject is.