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Me and my language: I just don't understand it!

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vampirequeen Mon 03-Feb-20 13:21:31

I just don't like to sound like I'm mimicking the Queen grin

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grumppa Mon 03-Feb-20 13:08:51

I would never use it either, just trying to be conciliatory!

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annodomini Mon 03-Feb-20 13:06:41

I agree in principle, grumppa, but in practice, I couldn't bring myself to use such an expression - but then I was educated in Scotland in the 40s and 50s.

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Chardy Mon 03-Feb-20 13:01:09

The sad part is that pupils as young as ten will have marks deducted in tests for writing like this. Primary grammar is indescribably complicated! I've never heard of fronted adverbials - but ten year olds need to know how to use them.

My moan is so many people using 'myself' instead of 'I' or 'me'. Is this because they don't know when to use each. 'I' is the subject of a sentence, 'me' is object.

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MamaCaz Mon 03-Feb-20 12:57:25

I agree with you, grumppa.

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grumppa Mon 03-Feb-20 12:53:02

You are correct, OP, but "my husband and I" sounds a bit like the Queen making a speech at a Buck House banquet. Think of the "me" to which you object as the demonstrative usage, if it's any consolation.

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Anniebach Mon 03-Feb-20 12:34:33

How unkind

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newgran2019 Mon 03-Feb-20 12:21:07

Sorry if this has been commented on before, but I just opened today's messages and found one that begins 'Me and my husband...': a simple sentence with a subject, verb and object. Many people from all walks of life - even the royals - are now starting sentences with 'Me and X' when it should be 'X and I', and not just in everyday speech. Why do people all of a sudden think this is in any way correct? We would never say, 'Me is just going out' - unless we were about two. I just don't understand it. I know language evolves, but this is plain wrong in every language I have ever learned.

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