<p>Can someone Explain to me how to arrive at the right answer for these two questions.</p>
<p>Because there (has always been) an (easy and friendly) relationship between my aunt (and I), we look (for opportunities to) work on projects together.</p>
<p>The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the president to declare national historic or prehistoric ruins or monuments (as their being a historic landmark.)</p>
<p>A) as their being a historic landmark
B) as being a historic landmark
C) to be historic landmarks
D)to have become a historic landmark
E) with becoming historic landmarks</p>
<p>Q1. “and I” - Remember: “Because “(xyz) + I”” IS ALWAYS WRONG. It must be “(xyz) + me.”</p>
<p>Q2. C - First of all “ruins or monuments” means landmarks must be plural. So that leaves C and E. E has a gerund (becoming) and is too wordy. C is concise and keeps the infinitives consistent (to declare + to be).</p>
<p>^^^
For Q1, as noted by Kieran, the correct choice is “between my aunt and me.” This is because “my aunt and me” are objects of the preposition between.</p>
<p>However Kieran’s recipe is not correct. </p>
<p>Consider: I got into Harvard because I am smart. “Note that it’s I and not me”.</p>
<p>And consider: “They won the tennis match because Jane and I played badly.” Note that it’s I and not me." </p>
<p>If it’s a subject then “I”; if it’s an object then me.</p>
<p>okay… here best way to deal with the me/I conflicts. If you can take out that phrase and say “us” then its “x + me” is you take it out and say “we” then its “x + I” </p>
<p>ex. “The girl and I” went to the movie. –> “we” went to the movie. That works so its right.
ex. The teacher stared at “John and me.” –> The teacher stared at “us”. That works so its right.
your ex. …relationship between “my aunt (and I)” –> should be relationship between “us”. So there is an error. </p>
<p>Kieran described Q2 well. </p>
<p>This method takes out all of the confusion and I found it very helpful to breeze through such errors.</p>
<p>@fogcity Oops I made a typo. I was talking specifically about the “between.” I was not talking about all cases with I and me. Just when there is a “between.”</p>
<p>For some reason I wrote “because.” I need more sleep lol.</p>