I should of known

[Chesand]

The interchange and wrong use of "I" and "me" annoys me (or should I have typed I) intensely.

Even Mark Nicholas on the cricket used "I" instead of "me" the other day.

[Master Splinter]

My pet peeve's -

People who Capitalise lots of Words in what they Write (because they think they are Proper Nouns and need Caps), followed by people WHO upper CASE entire words for no apparent REASON that I am ABLE to work OUT because they ARE certainly not DOING it for emphasis in any WAY that makes sense.

And of course people who use an apostrophe as an indicator to say "Look out! There's an 's' at the end of a word coming up!!!!11".

I also must start commenting on American YouTube plumbing videos that it's "sol-der", not "sod-der", and the process is "sol-der-ing" not "sod-der-ing".

[rrich]

Or

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste." A common slogan in certain television commercials encouraging minorities to go to college.

Actually, a mind is NOT a terrible thing but it is terrible to waste the resources of a mind.

[Grumpy John]

..............
I also must start commenting on American YouTube plumbing videos that it's "sol-der", not "sod-der", and the process is "sol-der-ing" not "sod-der-ing".

Maybe it's like aluminum, there is no i in the American spelling of aluminium.

https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics...older_without/

http://grammarist.com/spelling/aluminium-aluminum/

[Twisted Tenon]

I read an article a while back that said that before the invention of the printing press that English as she was wrote was a free for all. There were no hard and fast grammatical rules. Fast forward to the invention of a new communication device called the mobile phone, and it was let off the leash again. It will be interesting to see where it will all end up.

TT

[elanjacobs]

"Me and my mates..."
"My mates and I..."

I've asked around in teaching and literary circles on this one and haven't had a clear answer. I was taught and prefer the latter, but it seems the former is acceptable and correct now.

Both are correct, depending on context. They way to determine which one to use is to remove the other party from the sentence and see if it still makes sense. For example:

"My mates and I are going to the cricket" (remove the mates and the sentence is still correct).

However,

"This gift is from my mates and I" doesn't work without the mates (you can't say this gift is from I), so you would say "This gift is from me and my mates" (or "my mates and me", both are acceptable).

[Master Splinter]

Remember, kiddies, there's a world of difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

[A Duke]

And capitals do not matter
I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.
I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

[powderpost]

The policeman said, the boy is a thief.
The policeman, said the boy, is a thief.

Play with that one?????


Jim

[DaveTTC]

And capitals do not matter
I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.
I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

Is that as in a trolley jack

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

[Twisted Tenon]

Or
I had an argument with my brother
I had had an argument with my brother

TT

[fxst]

Another word that annoys me no end is payed instead of paid. What are they teaching this generation?
Pete

[rwbuild]

Try this one

I saw a dead dog walking down the road

Walking down the road, I saw a dead dog

I saw walking down the road a dead dog

[RedShirtGuy]

ZOMBIE CANINES!!!! The apocalypse has come!!!!

(I vote the middle one for correctness...unless of course the dead pets really have arisen)



PS: Years ago I had an originals band called Dead Pets. Where I got the name from is probably a tale best left in private

[mike48]

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"Me and my mates..."

Sorry, but ...

It should have been "Me and me mates"!


A most enjoyable thread; thanks.