Comments | nordic_chicken: i'm a bitch. hate me.

nordic_chicken

i'm a bitch. hate me.

Feb 05, 2003 02:21

MISTAKES THAT MAKE YOU LOOK STUPID IF YOU MAKE THEM REPEATEDLY ( Read more... )

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Re: nordic_chicken February 5 2003, 09:36:13 UTC

You would never dream of saying "My dad used to beat I." Yet that's what it's doing in the sentence, "My dad used to beat my brother and I."

"My brother and I are being beaten" is correct because "I am being beaten" is correct; this is why we must never say "My brother and me are being beaten."

People always mess up when they use plural object pronouns. Take out the extra one and leave the "I" or "me" by itself, and you'll know if it's correct, because "my dad used to beat I" sounds so horribly wrong, as does "me is being beaten."

Prepositions ALWAYS use object pronouns. NEVER use "I" in a prepositional phrase.

dancingdrew February 5 2003, 08:55:59 UTC

Using object pronouns when you should use subject pronouns: "Billy and me are going to the fair."

dancingdrew February 5 2003, 10:43:48 UTC

ooo! ooo! and your/you're! I see that one all the time, as in "Your a really good singer."

anonymous February 5 2003, 12:16:42 UTC

I have always hoped that intelligence or worth would be based upon something a little bit more important than trivial grammar or spelling mistakes. And I definately hoped people would be less pompous than your entry suggests they are.

dancingdrew February 11 2003, 02:11:56 UTC

She didn't say you were stupid if you made grammar and word choice mistakes, she said you LOOKED stupid.

And believe me, you do look stupid if you construct a sentence like "Your a well freind their realy mean."

sushi_lotus February 5 2003, 15:24:02 UTC

ahh,

*happy sigh*

I am amused... particularly at the last comment, which appeared to indirectly insult you! :P Way to get a reaction, babe! Mr. Anonymous Commentor totally cracks me up.

You're right... we need to have tea sometime soon.