[Magdalen] The word “me”

[cady soukup]

The usage "give it to me" still seems to be current.

The usage "give it to them" is still used.

It's the construction  "give it to I and them" that I see more often
than not, even in newspapers.

I wonder if it has something to do with ESL or our increasingly
email-based diction? I work in an office that may be 40/60 ESL/native
English speakers. The interesting forms grammar takes has become a
personal cringeworthy experience that I do not pass along unless I am
composing/editing for our customer.

Cady

On 7/10/20, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Christopher Hart
>>
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