Proofreading Service - Pain in the English
Proofreading Service - Pain in the English

Your Pain Is Our Pleasure

24-Hour Proofreading Service—We proofread your Google Docs or Microsoft Word files. We hate grammatical errors with a passion. Learn More

Proofreading Service - Pain in the English
Proofreading Service - Pain in the English

Your Pain Is Our Pleasure

24-Hour Proofreading Service—We proofread your Google Docs or Microsoft Word files. We hate grammatical errors with a passion. Learn More

“me too”

This question is about the correctness of “me, too” as it relates to formal speech or its likelihood of being torn apart by a grammar fanatic.

Examples:

a: “I want to go to the store.” b: “Me too.”

a: “I have ten fingers.” b: “Me too.”

Is “me, too” gramatiically correct, or should it be something like, “I, too,” “I, also,” or “I do as well?”

Submit Your Comment

or fill in the name and email fields below:

Comments

In the cases above cited, I would say, "I do, too."

Of course, politeness would dictate that you not, arbitrarily and uninvited, include yourself in an activity, but this is not an English grammar rule.

(speedwell is snarky after staying up all night helping her fellow with his term paper on Polykleitos and the Pythagorean influences on classical Greek sculpture.)

speedwell2 Jun-01-2004

3 votes   Permalink   Report Abuse

"Me too" is perfectly grammatical, and you shouldn't pay attention to so-called "grammatical fanatics". It's similar to answering the question "who is it?" with "it's me." You wouldn't say, "it's I" unless you wanted to continue with "(it's I), the King of Monarch-land" or something like that.

"I, too" is not correct. "I, also" is also incorrect. For formal situations, "me too" might be a little casual. The following are more formal:

I do as well
I do too

(some people might say "me, also" is correct. It's marginal for me)

rikdzin Jun-01-2004

2 votes   Permalink   Report Abuse

If you want to avoid the awkwardness of worrying about "me too", both your examples could be easily solved by saying "So do I".

a: "I want to go to the store."
b: "So do I."

a: "I have ten fingers."
b: "So do I."

xoshade Jun-20-2004

5 votes   Permalink   Report Abuse

As you suspected, "me too" is grammatically incorrect as "me" is in the accusative case. Technically, you are saying the persons wants to go to store and you, or has you as much as they have ten fingers. However, like all applications of language, culture and context can render such phrases as appropriate.

user110992 Aug-27-2021

2 votes   Permalink   Report Abuse

Do you have a question? Submit your question here