[Magdalen] Invites

[Stephanie]

The one that drives me absolutely crazy is "graduated high school". It's "graduated FROM high school". Like nails on a chalkboard every time I hear it...

Stephanie


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From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+stefkagoil=hotmail.com at herberthouse.org> on behalf of flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 3:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Invites

Ok, this might seem picky:

"Different THAN". Makes me go ape.  Different FROM, thank you very much.

Renee

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> 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.
>
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