Between he and she

[Jonathan Lighter]

Too sheltered.

"Between he/she and..." is virtually the TV/radio news norm.

"Between I and..." is comparatively rare. (Maybe less rare as "between x and
me"?)  The media "standard" is "between x and I."

JL

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Yesterday I heard a network TV reporter, talking about Tiger Wood's
> eagerly anticipated statement before close friends and associates,
> say that Woods had said it was between he and his wife.
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> Or have I been too sheltered?
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> Joel
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