Quoting Ian Zimmerman ([email protected]): > But if "and" is a conjunction in this sentence pattern, the nouns or > pronouns it joins together form the subject, and so they ought to be in > the nominative, i.e. "John and I".
Indeed. I vaguely recall Hendrik suggesting that 'and' functioning as a proposition makes 'John and me' a suitable subject for the sentence, i.e., in the nominative case, which I thought a startling notion both for the idea of 'and' being anything but a conjunction and for the conclusion drawn. I'd have to check the archive to see if I read that entirely right -- but definitely the claim of 'and' being a preposition was part of it. Not that this is worth dwelling on, unless good for points of benevolent entertainment. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
