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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus
When I leave a voice message for my wife I often start with, "Hey, it's me..."
But I wonder if it shoud be "Hey, it is I..."
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Either is correct, for each uses a different, and legitimate, grammatical road to reach its meaning.
"Me" is the objective case of the pronoun, the object of the verb "is."
"I" is the subject of the sentence, and the "it" is pointing towards the "I." So aside from sounding a touch Dudley Do-Right, you're all right. Which one you're going to use will depend on what subtleties of tone you want to convey.
What you wouldn't do is say, "Want to talk perfect, like I?"