[Magdalen] Invites

[Esther Williamson]

Not picky to me. I learned 'Different FROM' but rarely hear it that way 
now.

Esther

On 3/13/2016 4:16 PM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen wrote:
> Ok, this might seem picky:
>
> "Different THAN". Makes me go ape.  Different FROM, thank you very much.
>
> Renee
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 13, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Christopher Hart
>>
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