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The President asked the Secretary of Defense and I whether we would be willing to remain in our positions for at least the first year of his second term. 

(A)NO CHANGE
(B)...
(C)...
(D)...
(E)...
(F)...
*This question is included in Nova Grammar I, question #2

The solution is

Posted: 01/03/2012 13:57
What is "objective case"? Why is it me and not I? Thanks.
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Posted: 01/03/2012 20:56
Charlene, objective case simply means that it should be in the form of an object, such as: me, him, her, them, etc. In this sentence, the beginning phrase is "The president asked the secretary of defense and I" .... which is in the subject-verb-object form. The "secretary of defense and I" is the object, so "I" is not the correct form, "me" is the right one.