[Magdalen] The word “me”

[ME Michaud]

Back when I was an editor (long, long ago where I once caused a stir by
claiming that "impact" was not a verb), we used to bestow the
 *** Lorelei Lee Award ***
when people submitted material that misused the first person pronoun.

Remember Lorelei Lee?
In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

NB: Anita Loos' autobiography was called
A Girl Like I.
-M



On Friday, July 10, 2020, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> Christopher Hart
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