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Strangest Sentence Yet
Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in a while - I mean, why someone would get something so wrong all in one place. It's from a write-up in snopes.com about a guy Bruce Vincent who had an audience with the president in the oval office, and the pres prayed with him for his mother's tumor. He sez:
"I thanked him as best I could and told him that me and my family would continue praying for he and his."
I swear to God, that's what he said. Right out in public.
Gary Eickmeier
"I thanked him as best I could and told him that me and my family would continue praying for he and his."
I swear to God, that's what he said. Right out in public.
Gary Eickmeier
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[nq:1]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in a while - I mean, why someone would get something ... " I swear to ***, that's what he said. Right out in public.
- [nq:1]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in a while - I mean, why someone would get something ...
- " I swear to ***, that's what he said.
- Right out in public.
- Gary Eickmeier[/nq] This would be strange if it came from anyone else.
- The 'me as subject' is catching on.
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[nq:1]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in a while - I mean, why someone would get something ... continue praying for he and his." I swear to ***, that's what he said. Right out in public. Gary Eickmeier[/nq]
This would be strange if it came from anyone else.
The 'me as subject' is catching on. I hope I am long dead before it becomes grammatically acceptable.
JOE
This would be strange if it came from anyone else.
The 'me as subject' is catching on. I hope I am long dead before it becomes grammatically acceptable.
JOE
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[nq:2]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in ... that's what he said. Right out in public. Gary Eickmeier[/nq]
[nq:1]This would be strange if it came from anyone else. The 'me as subject' is catching on. I hope I am long dead before it becomes grammatically acceptable. JOE[/nq]
In the grammatically challenged UK, this wouldn't raise any eyebrows at all. The word order might
[nq:1]This would be strange if it came from anyone else. The 'me as subject' is catching on. I hope I am long dead before it becomes grammatically acceptable. JOE[/nq]
In the grammatically challenged UK, this wouldn't raise any eyebrows at all. The word order might
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[nq:1]If you said my "family and I" in the street in the UK, folk would think you were either a English studies academic or were an illegal immigrant who had just finished an English language course. john2[/nq]
John - just to be clear - are you suggesting that "my family and I went out to dinner last night" sounds too 'proper'?
What I find interesting is that here the preferred (incorrect)
John - just to be clear - are you suggesting that "my family and I went out to dinner last night" sounds too 'proper'?
What I find interesting is that here the preferred (incorrect)
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[nq:2]If you said my "family and I" in the street ... immigrant who had just finished an English language course. john2[/nq]
[nq:1]John - just to be clear - are you suggesting that "my family and I went out to dinner last ... my family..." Some how by separating the subject 'me' (*** help me) from the verb, it goes less noticed. JOE[/nq]
Has no one else noticed the nominative pronoun used
[nq:1]John - just to be clear - are you suggesting that "my family and I went out to dinner last ... my family..." Some how by separating the subject 'me' (*** help me) from the verb, it goes less noticed. JOE[/nq]
Has no one else noticed the nominative pronoun used
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[nq:1]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in a while - I mean, why someone would get something ... family would continue praying for he and his." I swear to ***, that's what he said. Right out in public.[/nq]
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear.
I mean look at what you wrote in your second-to-last sentence. Did you feel the need to inflect "***"? Nah. Case for nouns (apa
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear.
I mean look at what you wrote in your second-to-last sentence. Did you feel the need to inflect "***"? Nah. Case for nouns (apa
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[nq:2]Just read one of the strangest sentences I've seen in ... to ***, that's what he said. Right out in public.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear. I mean look at what you wrote in your second-to-last sentence. Did ... from some vestige of the genitive) disappeared long before you were born so it doesn't bother you. And rightly so.[/nq]
It didn't for pronouns.
Gary Ei
[nq:1]I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear. I mean look at what you wrote in your second-to-last sentence. Did ... from some vestige of the genitive) disappeared long before you were born so it doesn't bother you. And rightly so.[/nq]
It didn't for pronouns.
Gary Ei
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[nq:2]John - just to be clear - are you suggesting ... help me) from the verb, it goes less noticed. JOE[/nq]
[nq:1]Has no one else noticed the nominative pronoun used as the object of the preposition?[/nq]
That was the main point - that this person put "me" for "I" and "he" for "him" all in the same sentence. Usually, they go one way or the other.
Gary Eickmeier
[nq:1]Has no one else noticed the nominative pronoun used as the object of the preposition?[/nq]
That was the main point - that this person put "me" for "I" and "he" for "him" all in the same sentence. Usually, they go one way or the other.
Gary Eickmeier
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An audience.
Even with George Washington it would only be a meeting, and Bush is no George Washington.
[nq:1]They prayed for his mother's tumor?[/nq]
Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let
me know if you have posted also.
Even with George Washington it would only be a meeting, and Bush is no George Washington.
[nq:1]They prayed for his mother's tumor?[/nq]
Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let
me know if you have posted also.
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[nq:2]I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear. I mean ... were born so it doesn't bother you. And rightly so.[/nq]
[nq:1]It didn't for pronouns.[/nq]
Well, it did partially. We no longer have case-marked dative pronouns. Do you mourn their loss? Do you even notice their loss?
And if you pick up an Old English grammar, you'll see references to the "instrumental", case which
[nq:1]It didn't for pronouns.[/nq]
Well, it did partially. We no longer have case-marked dative pronouns. Do you mourn their loss? Do you even notice their loss?
And if you pick up an Old English grammar, you'll see references to the "instrumental", case which
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