usage In ordinary speech me is used instead of I after the verb to be. ▪ “Who's there?” “It's me.” [=“I am.”] ▪ Why is it always me who has to do the dirty work? [=why am I always the one who has to do the dirty work?] ▪ This dress is pretty, but it's not really me. [=it doesn't look like the clothes I usually wear; it doesn't look right for me] Me is also used alone without a verb in spoken questions, answers, etc. ▪ “Who's there?” “Me.” ▪ “Who did it?” “Not me!” ▪ “Come here!” “Who? Me?” “Yes, you!” “Why me?” ▪ “I'm hungry.” “Me too.” The expression It is I is extremely formal and old-fashioned and is unlikely to be used in speech except in a joking way. Me is also sometimes used in very informal speech in place of I if the subject of a sentence has two parts that are connected by and. ▪ My brother and me went camping last weekend. = Me and my brother went camping last weekend. But in ordinary polite use, I is required in such sentences. ▪ My brother and I went camping last weekend.