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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 27, 2018 21:01:06 GMT
"anyone interested ... can back up and read the discussion between Joe and I that starts..."
Which is grammatically correct
Between Joe and I ?
or
Between Joe and me ?
not a trick question
merely a nagging one.
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 27, 2018 22:14:25 GMT
Howdy, Bat…
I’m fairly sure it’s “between Joe and me.” We use the objective pronoun after a preposition like between, e.g., “between you and me.”
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 27, 2018 23:26:45 GMT
SalzmankThat's how I understand it as well. Interestingly (to me, anyway) the quote was from one of the more virulent of the ever vigilant Grammar Police. Thanks 
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 28, 2018 20:51:19 GMT
Howdy, Bat… I’m fairly sure it’s “between Joe and me.” We use the objective pronoun after a preposition like between, e.g., “between you and me.” Salzmank is right (as usual, I might add). Saying things like, "Just between you and I" is nails-on-a-blackboard stuff (like the scariest scene in "Jaws" at the meeting where Quint first appears. His attention getting stunt put me under the theater seat). |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 28, 2018 21:02:29 GMT
Howdy, Bat… I’m fairly sure it’s “between Joe and me.” We use the objective pronoun after a preposition like between, e.g., “between you and me.” Salzmank is right (as usual, I might add). Saying things like, "Just between you and I" is nails-on-a-blackboard stuff (like the scariest scene in "Jaws" at the meeting where Quint first appears. His attention getting stunt put me under the theater seat). Thank you so much for the kind words, Mike! (I certainly know I’m not always right, but I hope for “as usual”…) |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 29, 2018 0:14:10 GMT
mikef6RE: nails-on-a-blackboard stuff
<Vigorous head nods > ..... lucky the soul who is not in the room with me when newscasters do one of those n-o-t-b goofs!
This one was particularly eye-catching because it was posted by one of the dreaded correctors of spelling, grammar AND punctuation on one of the more obscure boards. Thanks for the confirmation !
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