Subject: RE: UT_iconv stuff (fwd)
From: Thomas Fletcher (thomasf@qnx.com)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 14:15:57 CDT
Nothing like a good grammar (and spelling I might add)
lesson in public, so I thought I would share the response.
My bad there Dom =;-)
Thomas
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:57:34 -0000
From: Alistair Vining <alistair.vining@ntlworld.com>
To: Thomas Fletcher <thomasf@qnx.com>
Subject: RE: UT_iconv stuff
Thomas Fletcher wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>
> > Work on UT_iconv by me and Mike
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> Mike and I
>
> Sorry ... couldn't resist it is my mother's tena[c]ious
> nagging coming through.
Nope, it's "me and Mike". You can always tell by splitting the sentence apart:
*Mike and me went fishing
split apart gives:
*Me went fishing
Mike went fishing
Whereas you would say "He hit Mike and me", "She was loved by Mike and me", etc.
Because people often get one or other wrong, saying "Mike and I" is considered more
formal and this leads to over-correction by some people, perhaps including your
mother ;)
best,
( al )
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