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Shawnee123 06-24-2010 08:41 AM

I know. Piece of I Heart didn't help matters.

Urbane Guerrilla 06-26-2010 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 666000)
When I leave a voice message for my wife I often start with, "Hey, it's me..."

But I wonder if it shoud be "Hey, it is I..."

Either is correct, for each uses a different, and legitimate, grammatical road to reach its meaning.

"Me" is the objective case of the pronoun, the object of the verb "is."

"I" is the subject of the sentence, and the "it" is pointing towards the "I." So aside from sounding a touch Dudley Do-Right, you're all right. Which one you're going to use will depend on what subtleties of tone you want to convey.

What you wouldn't do is say, "Want to talk perfect, like I?"

Undertoad 06-27-2010 07:04 AM

Hello, it's me
I've thought about us for a long, long time

HungLikeJesus 06-27-2010 09:08 AM

UT, was that directed toward UG or me?

classicman 05-19-2011 10:23 PM

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good a place as any...

Gravdigr 03-04-2019 01:28 PM

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Hey, look! I pulled a Dude111!!!

I'm a resurecshu--rezyuresc--I resurrected a thread!

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Carruthers 03-04-2019 02:25 PM

A few years ago I spotted an ad in a local newspaper for a job at the Royal Grammer School, High Wycombe.

I am not making this up.

Happy Monkey 03-04-2019 02:41 PM

Someone needs to run the Instagram accounts for the royal family.

BigV 03-04-2019 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 1027385)
A few years ago I spotted an ad in a local newspaper for a job at the Royal Grammer School, High Wycombe.

I am not making this up.

Damn You AutoCorrect!

You had ONE job!

xoxoxoBruce 03-04-2019 11:18 PM

The guy who invented autocorrect died recently, may he rust in piss.

Griff 03-05-2019 06:28 AM

Auto-correct changed extubation to extinction in one of my SiL's texts funny / not funny.

BigV 03-05-2019 07:49 PM

I'm curious if our dear friend Carruthers has much experience with AutoCorrect and, more comically, any experience at all with the stupidly funny DYAC.


...moments later.....



NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

BigV 03-05-2019 07:55 PM

"Did you have a stroke?"

Urbane Guerrilla 03-29-2019 06:20 PM

Stroke... hmm... it's probably a good thing that coxswain is pronounced "cox'n."

("Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! . . .")

DanaC 05-31-2019 03:52 PM

I've noticed something recently while listening to Youtube reactors and reviewers - I've only noticed it with Americans but it could also be something some do over here as well and maybe I just haven't noticed it.

When referring to a single event or moment in a show, they'll say 'whenever X character did that thing, it was great.' Where I would say 'When character X did that thing it was great.'

I've noticed it with so many different youtubers - is it a difference between American and British English, a generational thing, a regional thing?


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