Outofstep Some time ago, while working as a teacher, I received a letter from the Head of Assessment for the particular county I was working for. It began:
Dear lizzypopbottle,
Thank you for coming to see Jane Smith and I.
If Jane Smith had been ill that day, I wonder if this person would have begun her letter:
Thank you for coming to see I.
I also attended a training course for teachers where the very highly paid English (subject, not nationality) consultant began her PowerPoint presentation with a screen in enormous letters asking, "Who's job is it, anyway?" I was astonished and pointed towards the screen. No one else at my table had noticed and the consultant changed the screen hastily.