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Monday, December 14, 2009

"You and me" or "You and I"

A lot of people use one or the other ALL the time, either not knowing which is right or not caring. Determining which to use is really very easy. If you would say "I" or "we", use you and I; if "me" or "us" sounds right, use you and me.
Examples: When you and I went fishing, did you have to forget the bait?
That boat was just made for you and me!
You and I tried to catch something for dinner, but they just weren't biting for you and me.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

"Me" or "Myself"?

I keep hearing people use "myself" incorrectly. i.e "Send it to Tom or myself" Well, you could send it to me, but I'm the only one who can send it to myself. I'm sure you can find other examples every day on radio or TV. Keep your ears open--if I get enough samples, I'll add another post and give you credit for submitting them.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Traffic Report

Heard on a local radio station: "The wet roads were blamed on the accident." Now it's possible that the tractor trailers involved were carrying liquids, but since it was raining, I think they meant that the the wet roads were blamed FOR the accident.

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