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Correct Grammar: Should I use "you and me" or "you and I"?
Merriam Webster Learner's Dictionary ^ | The Editors

Posted on 12/12/2021 8:22:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t grammar racist?


81 posted on 12/13/2021 7:43:52 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: jimfr
”Math is so much easier; the integral of sin x always is cos x.”

You and me disagree on this.

82 posted on 12/13/2021 9:21:36 AM PST by William Tell
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To: William Tell

ok,
integral of sin x always is -cos x.


83 posted on 12/13/2021 9:33:21 AM PST by jimfr
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To: Secret Agent Man

Exactly. Which pronoun can stand alone?


84 posted on 12/13/2021 9:37:31 AM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Larry Lucido

Thought we’d get to that sooner than post #38! :-)


85 posted on 12/13/2021 11:36:46 AM PST by bassmaner (He y commies: I'm a white male, and guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere!)
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To: BipolarBob

Ha. You know, just reading your reply was irritating. Maybe I’m a touch too sensitive. :~ /


86 posted on 12/13/2021 12:21:55 PM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert
You know, just reading your reply was irritating.

You're correct, I should have used plural in my case. It drives myselves up the wall. Better, now? Need a Snickers? )))

87 posted on 12/13/2021 1:24:18 PM PST by BipolarBob (WHY are there no Democrats on Mt. Rushmore?)
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To: SeekAndFind

That you would even think this needs posting evidences what a sh1t-show our public education system has become.


88 posted on 12/13/2021 3:09:31 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: SeekAndFind

We’ve lost who and whom from the language.


89 posted on 12/13/2021 6:59:21 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SeekAndFind

What drives me crazy is the horrendous syntax:

“Me and my sister went to town.” Arrrgh! Did people not learn ANYTHING in school?!?

So ...
my sister went to town and
me went to town.


90 posted on 12/13/2021 7:01:46 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Take out the and part and eliminate the other entity. There’s your answer.


91 posted on 12/13/2021 7:02:17 PM PST by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! W)
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To: SeekAndFind

You can use either and add in Embiggen.
They are perfectly cromulent words....


92 posted on 12/14/2021 5:16:20 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: digger48

#12 Toby Keith - I Wanna Talk About Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk


93 posted on 12/14/2021 5:29:59 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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