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Here's the context:
I am at my mom's, being shown several photos, each one with a baby in it. I'm supposed to be in one of the photos (taken umpteen years ago), but I can't recognize myself in either of the photos
What would be my (most natural sounding) question to mom to find out who of the babies is me/I?
Here're some options:
Which (one) [of the photos] is of me?
Which (one) [of the babies] is me?
Which (one) [photo] is mine?*
Where's me/I?
Where am I?
*I doubt that any ambiguity as to the authorship/ownership of the photo is possible here, me being a baby then and at my mom's now; I'm not dead sure, though)
Are there other ways of asking it?
The use of I, me, mine in a context
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In order of preference
Which one's me?
These sound a little off:
Which one is of me?
Where is/'s me? -- in a group of kids. Never: where's I; you wouldn't say I is there
Where am/'m I? -- would only work with a large group of kids.
do not use the one with "mine"
Which one's me?
These sound a little off:
Which one is of me?
Where is/'s me? -- in a group of kids. Never: where's I; you wouldn't say I is there
Where am/'m I? -- would only work with a large group of kids.
do not use the one with "mine"
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I take it that I should always opt for objective pronouns in similar contexts, for example, with a rogues' gallery being shown to eyewitnesses to identify the perpetrator. Right?
What about identifying several persons in a group photograph? Would there be "is" too?Which is him/her/?
I'm not pulling these questions out of thin air, I swear)Which is us/them/you?
I'm just trying to make the dialogue I have in mind sound natural English in a short piece of writing :)
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