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Friendly, unnecessary, pedantry: "for just my wife and me". "I" is used when it is in subject position. Occasionally, the rule is a little bit obscure ("He doe
by c2f46833 7y ago
Friendly, unnecessary, pedantry: "for just my wife and me".
"I" is used when it is in subject position. Occasionally, the rule is a little bit obscure ("He does it better than I", where the subject position is implicit ("better than I do it")).
This grammar error is becoming very common even among well-educated writers and speakers, in the US at least. It must be stopped!
- temporama1 7y agoI'm usually not one to pick up on grammar, but I like to pick people up on this one because it's usually an example of people being pretentious, yet getting it wrong. I always say "me and my wife", because in the town where I grew up, to say "my wife and I" would be pretentious. But when people say "for my wife and I" it goes through me. It's double reverse grammar pretention.
- draw_down 7y agoCome on.
- WWLink 7y agoProbably because of the far more atrocious "me and my wife" grammar error. Edit: Wait, "for my wife and I" was a grammatical error?! The fuck? Fuck the rules! That's a stupid rule.
- u801e 7y agoWould you say "for me" or "for I"?
- pmarreck 7y agowow. I consider myself pretty good at grammar and could easily make this error. Is there a proper name for it?
- matwood 7y ago> This grammar error is becoming very common even among well-educated writers and speakers, in the US at least. It must be stopped! Thank you for the feedback. Rest assured, I am not a well educated writer, but always trying to improve. This is one I normally catch using the trick to remove the other person and think about what sounds right.