LL-L "Grammar" 2005.05.07 (05) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Grammar

Hi all

as far as I'm concerned let 'whom' die a death. I
never use it, and I don't think the majority of Brits
do either unless they're being particularly pedantic.
It's the same thing as 'if I was' instead of 'if I
were' and saying 'me and you' in all positions,
including when it's the subject, instead of 'you and
I'. It's purely due to the evils of proscriptivism
that people say things like 'between you and I'. Let
language live and breathe instead of trying to cage it
into some kind of perceived 'correct' formula.

Gary

http://hometown.aol.com/taylor16471/myhomepage/index.html

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Grammar

Gary (above):

> It's purely due to the evils of proscriptivism
> that people say things like 'between you and I'. Let
> language live and breathe instead of trying to cage it
> into some kind of perceived 'correct' formula.

Hear, hear!  Once again our Gary did to me what in German is known as _aus
dem Herzen sprechen_.  Once again he summarized the problem very nicely in
my opinion.

Reinhard/Ron

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