Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Username

sneedonist

Member Since

August 20, 2007

Total number of comments

2

Total number of votes received

2

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Latest Comments

Doing the dishes...

  • August 20, 2007, 2:24pm

It seems to me that the obligation to housework that you and many other women feel is tied to the linguistic structure is being repeated in the way we talk about it. It is interesting how that obligation has become culturally associated with our patterns of talk.

Me Versus I

  • August 20, 2007, 1:45pm

I agree that it does not matter grammatically to entitle the picture as "Greg and Me" or "Greg and I." To take this conversation to a different level, I think I'd make the decision based on how I would want to be looked at, as either a subject or an object.