How many of you grammarians can answer the following correctly? Fill in the blank with either "me" or "I":
He gave my wife and _______ a wonderful book on English grammar.
He gave my wife and me a wonderful book on English grammar.
The kids say this to remember:
I am the subject, but the object is always me.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Okay, I've been away from AFF for a while... but it appears I've returned at the perfect time 'cause I am LOVING this topic. Our pastor (who is also my step-dad) can BUTCHER the King's English like no one you know! I used to have what I called "Pastor's Dictionary". Some examples:
We have a lady in the church from Samoa... and he says she's "Samolian" (instead of Samoan).
He gets "one iota" mixed up with "one bit"... and says "one iota bit".
When he's stressing a point, he combines "period" with "point blank"... and will say something like "And that's how it is. Period blank."
Okay, I've been away from AFF for a while... but it appears I've returned at the perfect time 'cause I am LOVING this topic. Our pastor (who is also my step-dad) can BUTCHER the King's English like no one you know! I used to have what I called "Pastor's Dictionary". Some examples:
We have a lady in the church from Samoa... and he says she's "Samolian" (instead of Samoan).
He gets "one iota" mixed up with "one bit"... and says "one iota bit".
When he's stressing a point, he combines "period" with "point blank"... and will say something like "And that's how it is. Period blank."
Okay, I'll stop now.
No, keep going! These are great!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Okay, I've been away from AFF for a while... but it appears I've returned at the perfect time 'cause I am LOVING this topic. Our pastor (who is also my step-dad) can BUTCHER the King's English like no one you know! I used to have what I called "Pastor's Dictionary". Some examples:
We have a lady in the church from Samoa... and he says she's "Samolian" (instead of Samoan).
He gets "one iota" mixed up with "one bit"... and says "one iota bit".
When he's stressing a point, he combines "period" with "point blank"... and will say something like "And that's how it is. Period blank."
Okay, I'll stop now.
I'd love to heard your step-dad. There's something about guys that speak that way from the pulpit that's very refreshing. Well, irregardless, the very sad fact is that "irregardless" is now in the dictionary and heading toward being viewed as an acceptable word. But hold the fort...it's a terrible word!!! Uhhh....I mean, non-word.
There's no way I'm going to read this whole massive thread, so I don't know what's already been posted, but here are a few of my pet peeves:
* Stuff like yat (stuff like that)
* Jesus is my all-and-all (Jesus is my all-in-all)
* Vil-i-gant (vig-i-lant)
* Snuck (sneaked)
* I feel nauseous (I feel nauseated)
Nauseous means "causing nausea," not "feeling nausea." So what they're literally saying is, "I cause nausea."
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"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." - C.S. Lewis
I'd love to heard your step-dad. There's something about guys that speak that way from the pulpit that's very refreshing. Well, irregardless, the very sad fact is that "irregardless" is now in the dictionary and heading toward being viewed as an acceptable word. But hold the fort...it's a terrible word!!! Uhhh....I mean, non-word.
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