In the sentence 'The winners of the contest were Morgan and I', is 'I' or 'me' correct? I think it should be 'I', because 'Morgan and I were the winners of the contest.'
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Use the same word you would use for "It was I" or "It was me". Aren't there already questions here about that? – GEdgar Mar 01 '14 at 15:08
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2I've run out of closevotes today, but you appear to have asked effectively the same question in Proper pronoun choice underneath a photo … 'The kids and I' or 'The kids and me'?. (You're a significant cause of the fact that I run out of closevotes! :) – FumbleFingers Mar 01 '14 at 15:37
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1Why say it that way? Morgan and I were the winners of the contest, or won the contest, does the job without any problems. – John Lawler Mar 01 '14 at 20:42
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"Me".
"The winner of the contest was me." → "The winners of the contest were Morgan and me."
"I was the winner of the contest." → "Morgan and I were the winners of the contest."
You could of course say, "The winner of the contest was I." It's grammatically correct. (A subject complement.) But personally I find it sounds a little dated. And transferred to two winners ("Morgan and I") even more so.
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Further, the practice of using nominative pronouns for subject complements is arguably all part of a conspiracy started by Latin schoolmasters. – tobyink Mar 01 '14 at 13:43
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2... Isn't most of English? BBC is hyper-correcting to things like 'It's goodnight from Julie and I'. And some 'authorities' are saying this is acceptable. The 'I find ...' argument is hardly objective. I personally find "The winner of the contest was I" sounds worse than "The winners of the contest were Morgan and I." But I would, like you, use 'me' here. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 01 '14 at 14:48