Grammar, grammar, grammar

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Grammar, grammar, grammar

Henry B. Stinson

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February 15, 2005 at 11:59 am

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You said "We've written some articles in the past on getting certified: the Point/Counterpoint debate between Andy and I, ..."
The sentence should say "between Andy and me, ..."

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AJ Ahrens SSC-Insane Points: 20676 More actions · Answer 1

I'm just glad that the statement written is ALMOST grammatically correct english versus. IF articles written in past THEN ELSE....

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DSP-120308 Hall of Fame Points: 3959 More actions · Answer 2

And considering not everyone on this site uses English as their primary language - I am glad I can read the words!

PBirch SSCrazy Eights Points: 8483 More actions · Answer 3

Laughing. This site would be slightly more difficult to use if everyone spoke their own language.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 4

Hehe, curious how many mistakes I make using my school english

Anyway, as long as I can understand things here and am understood...

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athurgar SSCrazy Points: 2816 More actions · Answer 5

From my understanding of English (not being an American), the the wording is correct, "Andy and I" is the singular pre tense, whilst "Andy and me" is the plural post tense. the first is when Andy and I went to the pub. The second is after when Andy and me were p*ssed. LOL

according_to_dale Say Hey Kid Points: 702 More actions · Answer 6

But of course, at that point, it is usually something like...

Andy is quite p*ssed. Me is not!

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Henry B. Stinson SSC Eights! Points: 936 More actions · Answer 7

Funny. Actually, it's nothing to do with tense, but with case. "Me" is objective case; "I" is subjective case.

In the original phrase, "Andy and me" are both the objects of the preposition "between".

It's the difference between someone saying "Just between us, ..." and "Just between we, ...".

Was one perhaps spending too much time at the pub and not enough in class, back when one was in a university? (Or am I assuming too much about one's educational background.) I've noticed that many programmers are abysmal spellers, but I usually think of programmers as being good at syntax, since understanding the syntax of a programming language is crytical to being able to program in that language. Of course, a compiler will straighten programmers out about syntax and spelling, but will let bad spelling and syntax get through in comments and in string literals.

hoo-t SSChampion Points: 12713 More actions · Answer 8

Henry,

Me thinks you misunderstood the "pre tense" (yup, mispelled in this context) of Athurgar's post!

Is you by any chance a English teacher?

Steve (me's tongue are FIRMLY in me's cheek!)

Henry B. Stinson SSC Eights! Points: 936 More actions · Answer 9

Oh, I get it. Sorry I missed the nice pun.

No, not an English teacher. Just a programmer (who bills himself as a "software engineer").

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 728164 More actions · Answer 10

Apologies, you are correct in your grammar analysis, Henry. It should be "Andy and me" when it's an object in the sentence.

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