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Prescriptive? But of course.
While watching TV last night, I noted three times that a character said "me" when he meant "I" or vice versa. I realize that people do talk like that in real life, but to do so on TV is just going to encourage people to speak English badly. I'm sure it happens on TV all the time, but it just got to me last night and drove me insane.
Use "I" as the object of a preposition and fear my wrath. Constant vigilance!
srah - Friday, 25 July 2003 - 1:19 PM
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richard - July 25, 2003 - 3:20 PM - ℓ
Is it I?
rockinronnie - July 25, 2003 - 10:49 PM - ℓ
methinks the English language doth evolveth
so like, I don't half to be one of them there Mensa club members to commentate my thoughts here do I??
I'm looking forward to hearing you're cd as well...I hope you're a Weird Al Yankovic fan
srah - July 25, 2003 - 11:30 PM - ℓ
I'm all for evolution on a vocabulary level, but I think we need rules for structure.
I AM a Weird Al Yankovic fan! Sounds like GREAT make-out music! Will it have One More Minute?
katie - July 27, 2003 - 5:41 PM - ℓ
I would like to expand this "tv teaches poor lessons" concept to include that stupid Grape Nuts cereal commercial that teaches folks to run away from a bear if you encounter one.
For the record: If you see a bear in the woods, stand stock still because their eyesight is bad and they can't see you if you don't move. Think T-Rex from Jurassic Park.
Me'm scared of Srah's wrath.