One that really irks me is compound noun with a pronoun usage:
Always “Me and X” / Always “X and I” / “X and I” for an subject and “X and me” for an object
The second one is being smart enough to know that “Me and X went to the store” is improper because you’re using “Me” in a subject, but not smart enough to know how to fix it, and instead just replacing “Me and X” with “X and I” one for one in every sentence.
What makes my blood run hot (and gives me that “like to argue it” high, I think) is that the middle section are trying to signal they’re “above the peons” by using “he and I” like a sophisticate, when in reality they are just using different improper grammar, and doing so just as often as the peons they want to be above. Even worse, the other mid-wit contrarians actually accept this signal of how sophisticated everyone is talking.
I don’t think this should bother me so much, but it does.
One that really irks me is compound noun with a pronoun usage:
Always “Me and X” / Always “X and I” / “X and I” for an subject and “X and me” for an object
The second one is being smart enough to know that “Me and X went to the store” is improper because you’re using “Me” in a subject, but not smart enough to know how to fix it, and instead just replacing “Me and X” with “X and I” one for one in every sentence.
What makes my blood run hot (and gives me that “like to argue it” high, I think) is that the middle section are trying to signal they’re “above the peons” by using “he and I” like a sophisticate, when in reality they are just using different improper grammar, and doing so just as often as the peons they want to be above. Even worse, the other mid-wit contrarians actually accept this signal of how sophisticated everyone is talking.
I don’t think this should bother me so much, but it does.