[Ads-l] Pseudo-prescriptivism in TV dialogue

[Wilson Gray]

> I hope A was armed.

As a matter of fact, he _was_, with a 12-gauge shotgun that he didn't
hesitate to use.

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:28 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> > On Nov 11, 2019, at 12:52 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Two characters are arguing in a bar, when a third attempts to butt in.
> >
> > A. Shut up! This is between me and gran'pa!
> > B. You mean, "between _gran'pa and I_"! If you're going to speak English,
> > at least speak it correctly!
> >
>
> I hope A was armed.
>
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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