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I have to say that when I saw it last year, I couldn't have cared less about the plot. (Someone told me it was even more ridiculous in the novel.) Quite a shame, actually, since I'm normally quite...
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Teg Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------Honestly, native speakers are more often the ones to get these simple rules wrong.Amen to that! Even though I know 'He saw Jane and me'...
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I have tried to get myself to write something as 'He saw Jane and me,' but I just can't get myself to do it. I know it's technically correct, but it just sounds wrong.
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I'm watching part 1 right now. I got through most of part one yesterday while cooking, but couldn't finish. So from what I did see I quite liked the production but as a Col. Fitzwilliam fan, I don't...
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So do you use the "incorrect" phrases in everyday speech, instinctively? That's interesting. I understand in the other case of confusion between "I" and "me" (it's me vs it's I, he's taller than me vs...
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Not being a native English speaker I have no idea why "Jane and me went to the store" would be a natural mistake to make. Especially as my own language (Hungarian), unlike English, always...
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For "It is I," there is a part of the sentence that is not spoken, but with a context understood by both speakers. Example: "Who is it?" "It is I (knocking at the door)" or "It is I (entering the...
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Okay, I haven't seen the movie, but since you're the first person I've seen who's actually liked the casting of Anna Maxwell Martin, I have to put in that, while I agree that she looks too old for a...
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I usually deal with this problem by swapping the people around - 'He saw me and Jane' sounds much better and is grammatically correct, too.
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I´m not an English native speaker and I learnt at School that "He saw Jane and me" is the correct grammar.
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I didn't even find her to look *that* old - of course, the stylists could have done a little more with her hair, etc, but on the other hand, I liked that it conveyed the idea that Mrs Darcy at home...
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J. Jones Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> For "It is I," there is a part of the sentence> that is not spoken, but with a context understood> by both speakers....
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There are several strong tendencies of English usage involved here.(1) (perhaps most important) The old case system has broken down almost completely except for a possessive/non-possessive contrast on...
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That's a good idea. I'll have to try and remember to do that. Reading other posts, I'm guessing there is a whole generation of us that were taught overcorrection. I do remember one of my high school...
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Hah, this shows that sometimes grammar can be a matter of taste too ... because I have to say I think 'me and Jane' sounds much worse to *my* ears! ;-)Of course it all depends on how one was taught -...
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I was specifically taught in the 3rd grade that saying "me and so-and-so" is incorrect. I have vivid memories of that lesson because afterwards, whenever someone phrased it as such, the entire...
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Funnily enough, there's a point in P&P where Lydia says "Kitty and me were to spend the day there." There's really nothing new under the sun. ;)There was actually a really funny yet sad discussion...
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No, I agree with you! I always find it fascinating any time a discussion breaks out over what actors or actresses are the best for certain characters, or what Elizabeth is supposed to look like, etc,...
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SuzanneRe your comment:> No, I agree with you! I always find it fascinating> any time a discussion breaks out over what actors> or actresses are the best for certain characters,> or what...
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