Along those lines, "between you and I . . . " ought to be right up there, too.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 Feb 2011 at 10:26, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > Most people can'tuse "I" versus "me" correctly, including most > > academics: > > > > My student and me...went to a conference. > > > > Susie and me... saw that new movie. > > > > No, no, Annette, I think you've got it backward. The uneducated > nature of using "me" as the subject is well-known, even to the > uneducated, and only Cookie Monster still uses it (if even he does > now). Most people are so afraid of making that mistake that they > overcorrect and avoid using "me" under any circumstances. > > For example "The waiter served my friend and I lunch"; "That new > movie was seen by Susie and I". > > Now that bugs me. > > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628e&n=T&l=tips&o=8977 > or send a blank email to > leave-8977-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Department of Psychological Science Albion College Albion MI 49224 Tel: 517/629-4834, Mobile: 517/262-1277 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8978 or send a blank email to leave-8978-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
