Question on Writing Identifying Sentence Errors?

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<p>hey guys i need help!!!</p>

<p>1) (After) the somber butler (strode) to the door and asked, "(Who) is it?" the mysterious vagrant replied, "It is (me)." (No error). </p>

<p>** The correct answer is (ME) It should be I instead of ME.
Question:
a) Why does it have to be I instead of me? me sounds better than I. </p>

<p>b) And also, isnt (strode) wrong? shouldnt it be strided because the sentence is in past tense with verbs like asked and replied???? </p>

<p>2 The senator (will either) decide to vote against the legislation (or risk) angering the farmers (by taking away) the water rights (they deserve). (No Error) </p>

<p>** The correct answer is <em>NO Error</em> again.
Question: BUT isnt (or risk) wrong??? isnt it supposed to be TO RISK because it has to be parallel with TO VOTE????</p>

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<p>The ‘I’ instead of ‘me’ thing is a tricky one, I think it’s because ‘I’ is used for a subject, whereas ‘me’ is used as a direct object (which isn’t the case). ‘Strode’ is the past form of ‘stride’, I don’t believe ‘strided’ is a word.</p>

<p>No, it should be ‘or risk’, because the structure of the sentence is basically (minus the filler):
The senator will either ___ or ___.
‘To vote’ modifies ‘decide’, whereas ‘or risk’ introduces a contrary thought.</p>

<p>Hope that makes sense…</p>

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<p>“risk” is parallel to “decide”</p>