Back to you and I (who went to row the boat ashore)

Seán Fitzpatrick grendel.jjf at VERIZON.NET
Sat Feb 20 07:02:10 UTC 2010


<<Which of the following sentences would you rattle off without thinking?>>
These.  The rest I wouldn't even think of.

Group A:
2.  Bob and I won't fight.
Group B:
3.  She told Bob and me.
4.  She told me *and* Bob.
Group C:
2.  You agree with her.
3.  You agree with her and me.
4.  You agree with me *and* her.

Seán Fitzpatrick
When I hear "One measure of society is..." I reach for my Smith & Wesson.
http://www.logomachon.blogspot.com/

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