tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post3025725432277275260..comments2023-05-06T01:52:27.335-07:00Comments on The Sentence Sleuth: Poll Results 90The Sentence Sleuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-36692181593456352292010-06-18T19:35:46.679-07:002010-06-18T19:35:46.679-07:00Me! Me! Me!
I want to shout it every time someone...Me! Me! Me!<br /><br />I want to shout it every time someone uses the wrong pronoun.<br /><br />But I don't. Why make them look stupid when their own words do such a good job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-76021953642802077342010-06-10T13:12:11.409-07:002010-06-10T13:12:11.409-07:00Well, it is definitely incorrect. When you have a ...Well, it is definitely incorrect. When you have a pronoun after a preposition ("about" here), you need the objective case ("me").<br />True, I am hypercorrective! But with good reason here!The Sentence Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-70993696919711415532010-06-10T09:59:58.875-07:002010-06-10T09:59:58.875-07:00Is this an example of a hypercorrection? One where...Is this an example of a hypercorrection? One where something that is already correct is 'corrected' again using a rule that isn't understood completely.<br /><br />Thanks for your efforts at educating all of us!Westleynoreply@blogger.com