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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 7:38 pm
Joods, you're touching on a much deeper social issue. Education.
Like me saying "why don't those starving kids in Ethiopia just buy some flyspray and a cheeseburger".
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm
(November 14, 2018 at 6:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There are times when ‘her and me’ is correct. To check, take out the ‘her and’ bit. For instance, ‘He handed it to her and me’ is correct (even though it sounds wrong) because you wouldn’t say, ‘He handed it to I.’
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Yeah, her and me doesn't sound right. Me and her, on the other hand, does.
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 7:51 pm
(November 14, 2018 at 7:38 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Joods, you're touching on a much deeper social issue. Education.
Like me saying "why don't those starving kids in Ethiopia just buy some flyspray and a cheeseburger".
That's a bad analogy to make though. Seriously, I loved English class in school. I spent a fair amount of time writing poetry and short stories. So, when I see a grown woman on national TV and she opens her mouth and sounds like she's stuck back in kindergarten, it really makes me wonder how much attention she paid in school.
I'm not saying she has to use formal English. But anything else has got to be better than "her and me". I mean, really? Who doesn't know that this is bad?
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:01 pm
I ain't saying nuffin!
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:13 pm
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:14 pm
I love you LFC.
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:25 pm
I was super frustrated with my grammar, but she hadda stroke and up and died.
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:42 pm
(November 14, 2018 at 8:14 pm)Joods Wrote: I love you LFC.
Right back at ya, GF. 😘
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 8:45 pm
(November 14, 2018 at 6:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There are times when ‘her and me’ is correct. To check, take out the ‘her and’ bit. For instance, ‘He handed it to her and me’ is correct (even though it sounds wrong) because you wouldn’t say, ‘He handed it to I.’
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True, but not in the examples that I gave. It doesn't make any sense to say it that way.
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RE: Frustrations with grammar
November 14, 2018 at 9:30 pm
Punctuation is bloody important as well.
‘Susan loved cooking, her family, and her pets’ as opposed to ‘Susan loved cooking her family and her pets’.
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