[Magdalen] Invites

[Christopher Hart]

I have s local friend who does the opposite, i.e. uses "us" as a subject.

On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> I got into a major battle with the warden in my former parish over the
> compound "you and I" issue.  Despite my long career as editor and writer,
> she insisted on using the subject "you and I" as an object (which should be
> "you and me").  I tried the untangling rule (remove the other party) but
> she would have no part, insisting she was right.  This in a public document
> which I'd been asked to edit.
>
> I let her have her way in the end, but I was pretty disgusted.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Mar 13, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > What grates on me the most is "between you and I". Grrrrr.
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:21:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> michaudme at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
> >>
> >> So-sha
> >>
> >> Each time she asked louder, as if I were  old&deaf.
> >>
> >> Wassya SOsha?
> >> Ya SOsha?
> >> YOUR SO-SHA  ???>>>>>>
> >>
> >> Maybe an African American teller?
> >>
> >> Anyway, the shorthand, "social" for Social Security in the USA
> >> is firmly entrenched.
> >>
> >> I am bothered more by obvious grammatical/spelling mistakes such
> >> as "Febuary" for February, the use of adjectives as adverbs, and
> >> the complete USA atrophy of "whom" in the direction of "who."
> >>
> >> But, as others are quick to put out, changes in the language are
> >> inevitable and cannot be stopped, much as we might like.
> >>
> >> After all, the USA is in the midst of a major language transformation
> >> with the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift" (Labov).  Who could have
> >> predicted that?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>


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