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Prince William’s speech

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Grandma70s Tue 28-Jan-25 13:22:07

I realise that pedantry is not important compared to the subject of Prince William’s speech yesterday on Holocaust Memorial Day.

However, he said something about it being a “great honour for Catherine and I” - should be “for Catherine and me”. He also pronounced “deteriorate” as “deteriate”. This is a very common mistake, but I would expect better English from the heir to the throne, who represents us on the world stage. So much for an Eton education.

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Barleyfields Thu 30-Jan-25 16:13:22

I understand the purpose of Pedants’ Corner perfectly. In this instance, picking up a grammatical error was distasteful and unnecessary.

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Anniebach Thu 30-Jan-25 16:19:53

Why was an entire family criticised ?

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Allira Thu 30-Jan-25 17:16:49

25Avalon

Some people pronounce house as hice.

That's the plural.

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25Avalon Thu 30-Jan-25 18:03:57

Allira

25Avalon

Some people pronounce house as hice.

That's the plural.

Presumably as in mouse and louse😂

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Allira Fri 31-Jan-25 14:27:32

25Avalon

Allira

25Avalon

Some people pronounce house as hice.

That's the plural.

Presumably as in mouse and louse😂

👍

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Twopence Sat 01-Feb-25 21:01:36

euroword.co.uk/index.php/the-age-old-question-john-and-i-or-john-and-me/

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Caro41 Thu 20-Feb-25 16:55:04

The me/I rule has slipped lately. The trick is to leave the other person out of the equation. You would not say , “ Give it to I “ would you ?
However educated, modern speech has changed and Prince William’s speech is typical .

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Aely Wed 26-Feb-25 18:45:09

I is the nominitive, me is the accusative. He (nominative) gives it to me (accusative). I (nominative) accept it from him (accusative). I try to get it right but don't worry too much if I realise I got it wrong, just try to do better the next time. It was learning Latin at skool wot taught me to speak proper grammar.

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