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To: 2banana
Not only unpatriotic, this young bimbo gets an F in grammar.
"It was fellow reality panelist Maria Caucci and I." Wrong use of the subjective pronoun "I". It should read "...Caucci and me."
Seh wouyld be better served by stayin in class and paying attention.
17 posted on 11/07/2003 8:42:46 AM PST by Gunner9mm
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To: Gunner9mm; The Grammarian
I don't think I agree.

Verb of being.

The "I" is correct, as in "It was I" the obverse of which is "I was it."

(but I'm open to correction.)
25 posted on 11/07/2003 8:49:49 AM PST by xzins (Proud to be Army!)
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To: Gunner9mm
Correct!
37 posted on 11/07/2003 9:04:25 AM PST by Killborn (Half Thai, Half American, 95% Conservative, 100% Insane)
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To: Gunner9mm
Well, technically, after a linking verb, the nominative is correct ("Caucci and I"), while colloquial speech normally uses the objective.

All the same, I suspect your instinct is correct--she may just have happened to get it right, like a stopped clock.

44 posted on 11/07/2003 9:32:23 AM PST by thulldud (It's bad luck to be superstitious.)
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To: Gunner9mm
"Seh wouyld be better served by stayin in class and paying attention."


Um... okey dokey.
65 posted on 05/08/2004 2:51:06 PM PDT by wolficatZ (___><))))*>_ \0/___/|______)
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