Comments on: Common Grammatical Errors: Between You and Me http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/ Writing and Editing Services Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:07:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Nancy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:19:22 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-168 Thank you for explaining that so nicely and with such patience. I have more patience with grammatical errors coming from people who have grown up with it and haven't changed than I do with those who are well educated and use "I" instead of "me" such as, "Please return your papers to Susan or I, rather than me. I don't get it. How could it be missed after all the years of school, writing papers and speaking? It happens more frequently than any other. Nails on a chalkboard! Thank you for explaining that so nicely and with such patience. I have more patience with grammatical errors coming from people who have grown up with it and haven’t changed than I do with those who are well educated and use “I” instead of “me” such as, “Please return your papers to Susan or I, rather than me. I don’t get it. How could it be missed after all the years of school, writing papers and speaking? It happens more frequently than any other. Nails on a chalkboard!

]]> By: Delia http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Delia Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:14:25 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-134 Well done! I would like to print this out and have it handy to pass on to those who regularly make the mistake of saying "me and him" as in "Me and him went to see the new movie last night." Yes, besides mixing object and subject, these days people seem to insist on putting themselves before others. Is there any way to educate people without being perceived as the grammar police? Another topic suggestion: I have vs. I've got. "You've got mail!" Nails on the chalkboard. Well done! I would like to print this out and have it handy to pass on to those who regularly make the mistake of saying “me and him” as in “Me and him went to see the new movie last night.” Yes, besides mixing object and subject, these days people seem to insist on putting themselves before others. Is there any way to educate people without being perceived as the grammar police?

Another topic suggestion: I have vs. I’ve got. “You’ve got mail!” Nails on the chalkboard.

]]> By: Pat O'Connell http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Pat O'Connell Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:39:40 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-133 The basic rule is that you always use objective case in a prepositional phrase. The prepositions are about, above, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, beside, behind, between, by, down, during, except, from, in, into, near, of, on, over, through, to, toward, under, up and with. If the personal pronoun comes after a preposition, it's always me, him, us and them rather than I, he, we or they. The basic rule is that you always use objective case in a prepositional phrase. The prepositions are about, above, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, beside, behind, between, by, down, during, except, from, in, into, near, of, on, over, through, to, toward, under, up and with. If the personal pronoun comes after a preposition, it’s always me, him, us and them rather than I, he, we or they.

]]> By: Debra Butler http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Debra Butler Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:01:23 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-132 Hooray for you! My personal belief is the confusion mushroomed starting in the 1970's as pop music lyricists became lazy with their rhymes. Using "me" or "I" at the end of a line whenever it is convenient is so much easier than working the lyrics to be gramatically correct. Once advertisers started being "cool" by mimicking the errors in order to rope in the younger audiences, the battle for correct grammar became a lost cause. Here's an idea for a remedy. How about a stiff state or federal "grammar" tax on all advertisers who perpetuate these errors. Besides educating English speakers, it's a sure way to fill government coffers. May I suggest for your next topic - the difference between "who" and "that." Stanford University lost my respect when they ran an ad with a sentence referring to people as things (the sentiment of the ad was along the lines of "at Stanford, we have people that are tops in their profession"). If I see these types of errors when I am looking to hire someone, the applicant's resume goes to the bottom of the pile - or directly to the circular file. Hooray for you!

My personal belief is the confusion mushroomed starting in the 1970’s as pop music lyricists became lazy with their rhymes. Using “me” or “I” at the end of a line whenever it is convenient is so much easier than working the lyrics to be gramatically correct. Once advertisers started being “cool” by mimicking the errors in order to rope in the younger audiences, the battle for correct grammar became a lost cause.

Here’s an idea for a remedy. How about a stiff state or federal “grammar” tax on all advertisers who perpetuate these errors. Besides educating English speakers, it’s a sure way to fill government coffers.

May I suggest for your next topic – the difference between “who” and “that.” Stanford University lost my respect when they ran an ad with a sentence referring to people as things (the sentiment of the ad was along the lines of “at Stanford, we have people that are tops in their profession”).

If I see these types of errors when I am looking to hire someone, the applicant’s resume goes to the bottom of the pile – or directly to the circular file.

]]> By: Steve Axelrod http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Steve Axelrod Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:01:30 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-131 Nicely written. I have often used the same technique of leaving out one of the subject/objects in trying to teach my kids the right form. It works to the extent they care at all! Nicely written. I have often used the same technique of leaving out one of the subject/objects in trying to teach my kids the right form. It works to the extent they care at all!

]]> By: Chris http://theessayexpert.com/blog/2009/10/04/common-grammatical-errors-between-you-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Chris Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:33:42 +0000 http://TheEssayExpert.com/blog/?p=554#comment-130 Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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