RobH1
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I saw that, pretty basic.
Recently watched an engine strip down on Wheeler Dealers with subtitles. Saw pistols, circlets and wings!
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Recently watched an engine strip down on Wheeler Dealers with subtitles. Saw pistols, circlets and wings!
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MikeSh
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Black Hole
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Me vs. I.
Over the space of about 5 minutes this morning, with the TV on in the background, I've heard both misused! "Me" is almost excusable, but saying "I" when it should correctly be "me" is (I think) a failed attempt to talk proper!
I regularly visit a couple for dinner, and the man corrected his wife for saying "me", when that was correct. I kept my mouth firmly shut (I want to stay welcome)!
In case anyone reading this doesn't know (as if!): the typical situation goes something like "my colleagues and I" or "me and my colleagues" (replace "my colleagues" with any number of alternatives). How to choose? If the sentence construction not including the colleagues would use "I", then use the "I" version (and vice versa).
"I went to the shop" becomes "my colleagues and I went to the shop" not "me and my colleagues went to the shop", because me didn't go to the shop – I did.
By the opposite token, "he threatened me" does not become "he threatened my colleagues and I"!!!
Over the space of about 5 minutes this morning, with the TV on in the background, I've heard both misused! "Me" is almost excusable, but saying "I" when it should correctly be "me" is (I think) a failed attempt to talk proper!
I regularly visit a couple for dinner, and the man corrected his wife for saying "me", when that was correct. I kept my mouth firmly shut (I want to stay welcome)!
In case anyone reading this doesn't know (as if!): the typical situation goes something like "my colleagues and I" or "me and my colleagues" (replace "my colleagues" with any number of alternatives). How to choose? If the sentence construction not including the colleagues would use "I", then use the "I" version (and vice versa).
"I went to the shop" becomes "my colleagues and I went to the shop" not "me and my colleagues went to the shop", because me didn't go to the shop – I did.
By the opposite token, "he threatened me" does not become "he threatened my colleagues and I"!!!
prpr
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I blame the former Queen. Everyone tried copying her, incorrectly.
I/me, train/railway etc. - context is everything, but people are not interested and are mostly just ignorant.
Me's given up with 'em.
EEPhil
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"I kept my mouth firmly shut"
One of my pet peeves is people referring to the KKK as the Klu Klux Klan. And when did the spelling of clan change? (Ditto for Krispy Kreme and Kwik Fit - ignorant bar stewards!)
As far as I can see from available resources Klan is the correct spelling.
prpr
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Have a break. Have a KitKat.
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Black Hole
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"My husband and I...", which is of course correct if the subsequent phraseology would have been correct for just "I".
One of my pet peeves is people referring to the KKK as the Klu Klux Klan when it should be Ku Klux Klan
One of my pet peeves is people referring to the KKK as the Klu Klux Klan. And when did the spelling of clan change? (Ditto for Krispy Kreme and Kwik Fit - ignorant bar stewards!)
Ku Klux Klan | Etymology of the name Ku Klux Klan by etymonline
"circle" (see cycle (n.)) + English clan. Originally an organization of former… See origin and meaning of ku klux klan.
www.etymonline.com
EEPhil
Number 28
Maybe? It just looks wrong. But Klu isn't the correct pronunciation. of Ku.
EEPhil
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Or as we used to say: "Have a break. Have a
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Black Hole
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Even in the script for The Archers!
MikeSh
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Would farmers know the difference?Even in the script for The Archers!
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Black Hole
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Suppose it does mean Q2 – how much more detail can you give other than to agree or disagree?!! (And there really ought to be a "don't know".)
MikeSh
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And/or so poorly written as to mean different things to different readers.