Riddle me this...

[Mekaama]

Here's a challenge. Which of the poll sentences is grammatically correct and why? I'll be on in the morning to post an answer.  

[snazy-a-tastic]

The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and I.

Why? Because: The contest will be judged by I ... or, I will judge the contest.  

[Mekaama]

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.  

[[tHe_RaVe]]

Yesss!!! I finally got something right!! blaugh ..although I didn't understand a word you said... sweatdrop I just know that "The contest will be judged by (Billy, Suzy, and) me" sounds better than "The contest will be judged by (Billy, Suzy, and) I". That's my reasoning, anyway. stare
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[Red-Chocolate]

You don't say," Me will judge...you say I will judge." Its common sense! mrgreen  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

It's the second one. It's the same thing as when someone says, "Joe will be going to the mall with Bernard and I." That's incorrect; the correct being "Joe will be going to the mall with Bernard and me."

After all, you wouldn't say, "The contest will be judged by I" or "Joe will be going to the mall with I", would you?  

[Borerai]

the first one, definitely...hey people here speak english! that's quite amazing if you think about it, 51% of california doesn't...isin't that pathetic?  

[joe-dude667]

Damn, I put "The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and I." sad

I was tempted by "The contest will be judged by Billy, Suzy, and me." But then thought if it were me it would be put "The contest will be judged by me, Billy, and Suzy." rolleyes Oh well...  

[Ind1v1dual]

-blinks-

 

[The Man who was Thursday]

Mekaama

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.

Get your case names right.

I is nominative, me is accusative/dative/ablative, my is genitive.  

[Whoremone]

Second one. You just don't end a sentence with I.  

[Roy_Mustang_Is_Hot_Stuff]

Mekaama

Ha! I have stumped you all!

The correct sentence is: The contest will be judged by Suzy, Billy, and me.

Why? Because, "by" is a preposition. Suzy, Billy, and the personal pronoun are objects of that preposition and need to be in objective form. "Me" is the objective form. "I" is the subjective. It would be correct here, as the subject:
Suzy, Billy, and I will judge the contest.

I never mastered the correct terminology as to why me and not I is used here, so all I can do is test the sentence.

How does this sentence sound without Suzy, Billy? "The contest will be judged by I" verses "The contest will be judged by me." I pick door number two.  

[Dystopia Lycanthropia]

Wow. A lot of people got that wrong.

 

[The Man who was Thursday]

Whoremone

Second one. You just don't end a sentence with I.

The winner was I.  

[Sheep Kitchen]

Whoa, I just got owned. I thought it was "I", not "me". sweatdrop