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Shouldn't it be 'Wish I were here'?
by lenazegher 13y ago
Shouldn't it be 'Wish I were here'?
- davidw 13y agoYes, but I suppose it's that way on purpose. Bugs me too, though.
- cmicali 13y agoI thought that every time the title was mentioned in the body copy.
- darkxanthos 13y agoWith the way he kept on saying "Adam and me" I'm not sure if he's trying to be relatable or if he just speaks that way.
- GrantS 13y agoUnless I'm missing something, "Adam and me" looks correct everywhere he uses it.
- darkxanthos 13y agoShould it not be Adam and I?
- law 13y agoIt depends on the context. When combined with other subjective pronouns to form the subject of a verb, "I" is correct (as in "You and I are commenting on this topic"). However, when combined with other objective pronouns to form the object of a verb/preposition, you should use "me" (as in "Others are commenting on this topic along with you and me").[1] [1] http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/i-or-me http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/i-or-me
- darkxanthos 13y agoThank you!
- curveship 13y agoOED, OAAD, Webster's all say either form is considered correct. Language is a living thing. "Was" was correct before "were" was proscribed by the Latinizers. Now they're deemed equally correct.
- _delirium 13y agoIt's now accepted widely enough that I generally recommend English learners should avoid the subjunctive entirely: people coming from languages like Spanish are much more likely to over-use it in jarring ways than under-use it, since the few remaining uses of it in English are not even used by many native speakers. I think I would say "were" in this situation myself, though.
- brown9-2 13y agoI would imagine that the choice of title and tense probably has something to do with the movie's plot and theme.