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Hey Bob, I have a nit to pick!
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Why all the fuss about speaking proper English? . . .
The original poster is correct. Myself for the objective me or the nominative I is one of those genteelisms that give genteelisms a bad name. Those who use it are apt to also use the barbaric "between you and I."
No one objects to Varsha's and the others' use of vernacular and other informal modes of speech. But myself for me or I is silly and pompous, and it reflects badly on them.
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Why all the fuss about speaking proper English? . . .
The original poster is correct. Myself for the objective me or the nominative I is one of those genteelisms that give genteelisms a bad name. Those who use it are apt to also use the barbaric "between you and I."
No one objects to Varsha's and the others' use of vernacular and other informal modes of speech. But myself for me or I is silly and pompous, and it reflects badly on them.
Thank you. Finally, other race fans that appreciate proper grammar and the way that it reflects upon the sport.
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English is a living language, which means it is constantly evolving.
Grammatical standards change... which is why I laugh when people get wound up over something so minor.
Grammatical standards change... which is why I laugh when people get wound up over something so minor.
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English is a living language, which means it is constantly evolving.
Grammatical standards change... which is why I laugh when people get wound up over something so minor.
Nobody has to "save" English. It is extraordinarily supple and vigorous. The thing is to distinguish between mutations and excrescences. That is worth doing.
So responded Herman Wouk to the question Is there a need to save the English language?
Of course all living languages are continuously changing, and that is overall a good thing, but not all changes are good ones. The fact remains, myself for me or I, popular though it may be, is an excrescence.
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Why all the fuss about speaking proper English? . . .
.... Because it is a means of communication?
Because if the other one doesn't 'speak proper' I might not even know what s/he is talking about?
Because for communication to be successful, people need to properly express what they want to say, so that the other one has a chance to properly interpret what has been said?
Because the board is located in an immigration country, and some people have a different native language?
To the O.P.:
*Thank you*!
I learned something today, and I don't think I will ever mess up the I, me, myself-thingie
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Why all the fuss about speaking proper English?
Some folks like to fuss. It ain't really nuttin'.
This should send the grammar police in a frenzy. It will add a few more pages to this thread. 
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Not without mocking the guy who started this thread
Bob is awesome.
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Quite right.He did get it right this past Sunday.
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Not without mocking the guy who started this thread
Bob is awesome.
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Quite right.He did get it right this past Sunday.
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Not without mocking the guy who started this thread
Bob is awesome.
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I can't believe it took until the second page for that to be mentioned. I laughed my head off knowing he was sending a message to this thread's OP. Hobbs got in on the act as well. It almost sounded like they had a script of comments directed at some of the threads on this board.
I loved it.
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