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[occasionalrain]

@shoekitty 

Just so you know, when referring to a person or people it should be who, whose, or whom.

[beach-mom]

@monicakm - In my previous life I taught English composition and technical writing at a community college. I cringe when I see some things "writers" on the Internet post.

And I agree with you!   

[monicakm]

@Patriot3 

I know the rule for who goes first in a sentence but 98% of East Texas doesn't.  Also the seen and saw thing (smh).  In one of my messages today, I used "me" first with another person and knew I did wrong.  I was hoping no one would catch it.  I was too lazy to go back and fix it.  Again, brain fatigue today.

[monicakm]

@shoekitty 

I'm proud to say my mouth can spit out the word charcuterie without tripping over itself lol.  I remember once I used the word soiree to my dad and he told me there was no such word

[SurferWife]

Oh my stars!  I'm constantly correcting people, in my own mind of course.  One of my pet-peeves is when people use the pronoun "myself" instead of "me".

I then have to remind myself (Ha! Ha!) there are more important things in life on which to focus (see how I didn't end my sentence in a preposition?).

I could go on and on. LOL!

[occasionalrain]

What I find unacceptable is the incorrect grammer used by professional journalists. They often use I when it should be me. "The party was for Susan and me." not "The party was for Susan and I" If in doubt, remove Susan. You wouldn't say the party was for I. 

[monicakm]

@beach-mom 

I once typed a long email to a company president.  I never expected to hear back from him.  I thought it would be handled by someone further down the chain of command.

He called me!  He went on and on about my writing and persuasion skills.  He offered me job!  I'm sure I was extra careful and proof read multiple times as I wanted to make a good impression. 

I am impressed to find out you were an English composition and technical writing teacher.  English and History were my favorite subjects in school.

[SurferWife]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

What I find unacceptable is the incorrect grammer used by professional journalists. They often use I when it should be me. "The party was for Susan and me." not "The party was for Susan and I" If in doubt, remove Susan. You wouldn't say the party was for I. 

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@occasionalrain 

That is exactly how I learned when to use "me" vs. "I".

[frenchie]

I tend to notice grammar and spelling mistakes right away. As far as speaking correctly I think it's harder because you speak first without arranging things in order. Composing lets you delete mistakes. One saying I absolutely hate is "these ones". I hear it on tv quite often. And about using a or an, an historic sounds wrong to me. A historic sounds better even though it's wrong. 

[CarolinaGirl88]

Correct! I used to go over this with my students. I remember telling them that if they got confused to just say it to themselves and see what sounds best!  I've always heard that English is the most difficult to learn. So many of our "rules" have exceptions.