[Magdalen] The word “me”

[Christopher Hart]

I have seen, and suspect others have too, the same usage of which you
complain, Allan. It absolutely grates on me every time I see or hear it. I
know that language inevitably evolves, but this is one development I would
gladly see stillborn.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 4:23 AM Allan Carr via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I read messages in a group called Nextdoor. Most of my neighbors here in
> Southern California never use the word me, as in “A dog attacked my dog and
> I” (an actual sentence I just read).
> This is so common, even in newspapers, that I’m wondering if what we used
> to call the first person objective case “me“ has become obsolete in
> standard American English.
> If not, the proper usage is no longer drilled in school as it was years
> ago.
> Is the word “me” now obsolete?
>
> Allan Carr



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