'It is me who is sorry' vs 'It is I who am sorry' - which one is correct?

Published on 13 February 2023 at 17:32

While "It is me who is sorry" is commonly used in spoken English, it is technically grammatically incorrect. The correct form would be "It is I who am sorry." This is because "who" is a subject pronoun and should be followed by a subject verb (am), and "I" is the subjective form of the pronoun that should be used as the subject of the sentence, rather than "me," which is the objective form. However, in informal speech, it is common to hear "It's me who is sorry" and it is generally accepted in casual situations.

Correct: It is I who am sorry. (I am)
Incorrect: It is I who is sorry.
Correct: It is you who are mistaken. (you are)
Incorrect: It is you who’s mistaken

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