Which is correct?

[branflake81]

Knock Knock

Who's there?

"It's me" OR "It's I?"

[maidamess]

Its me.

[maidamess]

Me who??

[Cappuccino]

me

or "I am here" if you are desperate to use "I"

[clarinsgirl]

me

[branflake81]

Ah, much as I suspected.

My German A Level teacher always insisted that it should be "I". I have always inwardly disagreed.

[asicsgirl]

clarinsgirl - shall we start a product placement club?

[CatWithKittens]

I always thought - and was taught that the verb 'to be' takes a complement and not an object so that the gramatically correct answer is I, not me. Hence, in the Jackdaw of Rheims, the line: 'Heedless of grammar, they all cried 'That's him!'.' It does sound excessively pedantic now though and I must say I would simply answer the question by saying 'I am.'