Hi, Michael!  Recently you wrote in a message to Mark Lewis:   
      
    ML>  the rule is something like this...   
    ML>   I did something. me can't do anything.   
      
    MD>  So is "I can't do anything" wrong?   
      
      
              Grammatically it's quite correct.  I might disagree if I thought   
   you were underestimating your abilities, however....  :-)   
      
              What I hear Mark saying is that the word "me" indicates the   
   receiver of an action, not the person who caused the action.   
      
      
               Subject (nominative case in Latin, German, and ???)   
      
                    I, we   
                    thou or you, you   
                    he, she, it, they   
      
      
               Direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition   
      
                    me, us   
                    thee or you, you   
                    him, her, them   
      
      
              Because Anton & I enjoy playing with archaic language you may   
   notice exceptions from time to time.  I often say "methinks", e.g., but very   
   few other people do that nowadays.  Similarly, I have listed the singular   
   "thou" & "thee" for the sake of completeness.  But I must warn you that while   
   both are still in occasional use not everybody who uses them in fun   
   understands the grammar.  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)