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Expression: "It's me."



 
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Expression: "It's me." Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:34 am  Expression: "It's me."
 

Hi

As a native speaker, would you say that all of the following sentences are correct and natural?

Quote:
1- It's me.
2- It's her.
3- It's she.
4- It's I.
5- It's they.
6- It's them.

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Expression: "It's me." Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:56 am  Expression: "It's me."
 

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Expression: "It's me." Wed Aug 08, 2007 13:52 pm  Expression: "It's me."
 

Hi Tom

The naturalness of your various examples would be dependent on the broader context to a very great degree. Generally speaking 3,4 and 5 would probably only be used in a formal context, and 4 in particular runs a huge risk of sounding very stilted.
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Expression: "It's me." Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:43 pm  Expression: "It's me."
 

Dear Amy

The whole context is just one simple question: Shocked

Quote:
1- Who is at the door?

Would you say that all of the following sentences in response to this simple question would be natural and OK?

Quote:
1- It's me.
2- It's I.
3- It's her.
4- It's she.
5- It's they.
6- It's them.
7- It's he.
8- It's him.

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Expression: "It's me." Thu Aug 09, 2007 13:31 pm  Expression: "It's me."
 

Hi Tom

1, 3, 6 and 8 sound natural.
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