Me-Mine | Commonly Confused Words

Mine

/maɪn/

A place where minerals or other materials are extracted from the earth; one's possession or belonging.

'At the bottom of mines?The Erzgebirge began to be mined for iron in medieval days."Not in mine," he announced.

This word has no antonyms

/miː/

The word people use when they are talking about themselves

Tell me the truth.'Modicum, et non videbitis me;'My goodness me!

This word has no antonyms

Me is used as an object pronoun, while mine shows possession.
Remember that me often follows a verb or preposition, like give me or to me.
Mine can stand alone in a sentence, like The book is mine.
Use mine when referring to something that belongs to you without repeating the noun.
Me cannot start a sentence, while mine often comes at the end.