stomper 5:09 Fri Dec 30
My wife and I or My wife and me
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Which is correct? Why is it correct?
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Billy Blagg
2:35 Mon Jan 2
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I'd say 'Me and the old girl'
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strong dreams
2:32 Mon Jan 2
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Which is correct? My wife. My wife is always correct.
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icwhs
3:46 Mon Jan 2
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You and yer mrs
Who cares which is correct ffs
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Hammer and Pickle
2:31 Sun Jan 1
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Let's face it - using Latin to teach generations of posh cunts how to think about English may not not have been such a good idea after all.
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gph
2:13 Sun Jan 1
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"But when the pronoun becomes the object of the verb it changes to the accusative form."
This is just the kind of knot you tie yourself in when you try to apply Latin grammar to (modern) English.
There is no "accusative form" in English which is not just as much a "dative form".
The correct term in English grammar is "objective form", or, if you want to be old-fashioned, "oblique form".
You can distinguish between the functions these forms play, but the FORM is the same.
You really, really don't have to be able to speak Latin to be able to speak proper English.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
6:40 Sat Dec 31
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stomper 8:09 Fri Dec 30
You should have cunted him in the bastard for the unnecessary capitalisation of 'grammar'.
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gph
8:51 Sat Dec 31
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"Fußball, Engländer?"
*in the background, Hitler seethes with rage*
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stomper
1:33 Sat Dec 31
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But we still love you, Claret and Nurse
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stomper
1:31 Sat Dec 31
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See: Truce
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Nurse Ratched
12:45 Sat Dec 31
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Claret's right. This type of sentimental shit at the end of every year on WHO is nauseating.
Bollocks to the lot of you.
Hope you all get lice.
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claret50
12:37 Sat Dec 31
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Darlo Debs 12:04 Sat Dec 31
Agreed Debs, far too much love and goodwill to all men and all that crap, it's turning into a mild sub forum of KUMB, so fuck everyone and hope you all have a miserable new year.....that feels better.
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stomper
12:31 Sat Dec 31
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Sadly... More like a Christmas Truce
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gph
12:10 Sat Dec 31
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"Nominative and accusative forms are essential to the structure of Latin sentences, which is why I pointed out that a knowledge of Latin makes the use of pronouns a breeze in English."
The best way to learn something simpler is not to learn something more complicated first.
Or do you think schools should teach calculus before addition, so addition looks easy?
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Darlo Debs
12:04 Sat Dec 31
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All this love....its a WHO Christmas miracle
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stomper
11:48 Fri Dec 30
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How very true that is Hairy. And how nice to be so unexpectedly reminded of it in this time of goodwill to all men.
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stomper
11:44 Fri Dec 30
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Darlo Debs 8:53 Fri Dec 30
And may you and yours have health, wealth and happiness for the new year Debs
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HairyHammer
9:51 Fri Dec 30
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All Muslims do not think the same, anyone who thinks that they do are morons,
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Hammer and Pickle
9:45 Fri Dec 30
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Given your previous post I have every reason to understand you were abused at school.
Now please explain why you reckon I am drunk.
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Infidel
9:42 Fri Dec 30
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Pickle you are drunk - again.
Pull yourself together. Have you no self-respect?
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Hammer and Pickle
9:36 Fri Dec 30
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Nobody gives a toss about how you were clearly abused at school Infidel.
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Infidel
9:29 Fri Dec 30
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Dear God.
Look, let's have a simple grammar lesson shall we?
There is not a right version and a wrong version. One version is in the nominative form, the other in the accusative.
Nominative means the pronoun is the subject of the verb.
'My wife and I are going to the cinema tonight'
'My wife and I are going to France on holiday'
etc
But when the pronoun becomes the object of the verb it changes to the accusative form.
'The cinema emailed the tickets to my wife and me'
'That holiday was too expensive for my wife and me'
Nominative and accusative forms are essential to the structure of Latin sentences, which is why I pointed out that a knowledge of Latin makes the use of pronouns a breeze in English.
There are also vocative, genitive dative and ablative forms, but we'll leave those for another day.
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