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Post by nica575 on Apr 7, 2012 7:15:36 GMT -5
"Adam Lambert will become the new vocalist for the legendary group Queen! Wow! Wow! Wow!" :  : : : ;D ;D |
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 7, 2012 7:18:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2012 7:30:10 GMT -5
I don't remember if this was posted, sorry if it did. Robert Marvin @robertmarvin Producer/Songwriter rebel-one.com · www.robertmarvin.netRobert Marvin @robertmarvin Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
@skylaronthetrak thanks for helping @charlesweet and I on #pop that lock, You are a beast!Going to take my insomnia as an occasion to be the grammar police and I'm not judging because I literally didn't know the rule about "I and me" until I was in college. It is not taught in the U.S. as readily as the "i-before-e rule," (which, of course has a lot of exceptions) and I just don't get why. It's such a simple rule and yet no one seems to know it. Adam uses the wrong word all the time, as does Terrance, and most of the musicians tweeting from L.A. Actually see I used incorrectly in 50 tweets a week by people who seem to be wanting to phrase what they're saying properly. I can relate; I used to be confused by same thing. Soooo, since we have a lot of people here w English as their second or third language and if you were taught the proper rule, you might think, "Why do all these people use I when they should be saying me?" It's because for some reason, we are not taught this in much of our standard grammar. (At least I wasn't, and obviously a lot of others weren't either, since we see the error constantly.) The rule for knowing when to say I or me, is: take the other person out of the sentence!!Robert Marvin is thanking Skylar for helping him and Charles on the track. If we take Charles out of the situation, Robert is saying, "Thank you for helping I on the track." Well, we know that's wrong. He would say, "Thank you for helping me on the track." It's the same regardless if there are two or a hundred more people mentioned in the sentence. So anytime you're uncertain how to phrase something when referring to yourself and others, take the other people out of the sentence and you have your answer /grammar police Lol, Susie, your rule is awesome!!! ;D I've always thought that I is a subject pronoun and ME an object one and that's how we know, if we need a subject, we say I, or ME if we need an object of a sentence. But I think your rule is so much easier and more fun in any case |
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 7, 2012 7:41:53 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 7, 2012 7:43:59 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 7, 2012 7:49:54 GMT -5
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NNN Awards Arrivals, another video just uploaded by maximotv, Adam (same footage) and others on the red carpet
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Post by FanOfTheMan on Apr 7, 2012 7:52:56 GMT -5
OMG That new picture !!!!!!!!!!  xzeqslkg8r4koj;]kt,vjdfjfkfjfyffj **ded** |
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Post by Holst on Apr 7, 2012 7:54:28 GMT -5
The rule for knowing when to say I or me, is: take the other person out of the sentence!!Robert Marvin is thanking Skylar for helping him and Charles on the track. If we take Charles out of the situation, Robert is saying, "Thank you for helping I on the track." Well, we know that's wrong. He would say, "Thank you for helping me on the track." It's the same regardless if there are two or a hundred more people mentioned in the sentence. So anytime you're uncertain how to phrase something when referring to yourself and others, take the other people out of the sentence and you have your answer /grammar police Ha! I bet a LOT of us were taught that rule but either forgot it or remain confused. It's one you have to think ahead about when speaking. The one that gets me lately, with all the internet reading about music that I do now, is so many people saying "He sung that song well." So many people have dropped "sang" from usage. I blame the old movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" for changing our past tenses of irregular verbs. |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 7, 2012 7:54:41 GMT -5
 Luckily the grammar police does not hit to my writings! I bet that I have never written any sentence completely correct!! Grammar police would have an endless work to correct my texts! ;D |
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Post by wingsofbutterflies on Apr 7, 2012 7:55:13 GMT -5
I don't remember if this was posted, sorry if it did. Robert Marvin @robertmarvin Producer/Songwriter rebel-one.com · www.robertmarvin.netRobert Marvin @robertmarvin Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
@skylaronthetrak thanks for helping @charlesweet and I on #pop that lock, You are a beast!Going to take my insomnia as an occasion to be the grammar police and I'm not judging because I literally didn't know the rule about "I and me" until I was in college. It is not taught in the U.S. as readily as the "i-before-e rule," (which, of course has a lot of exceptions) and I just don't get why. It's such a simple rule and yet no one seems to know it. Adam uses the wrong word all the time, as does Terrance, and most of the musicians tweeting from L.A. Actually see I used incorrectly in 50 tweets a week by people who seem to be wanting to phrase what they're saying properly. I can relate; I used to be confused by same thing. Soooo, since we have a lot of people here w English as their second or third language and if you were taught the proper rule, you might think, "Why do all these people use I when they should be saying me?" It's because for some reason, we are not taught this in much of our standard grammar. (At least I wasn't, and obviously a lot of others weren't either, since we see the error constantly.) The rule for knowing when to say I or me, is: take the other person out of the sentence!!Robert Marvin is thanking Skylar for helping him and Charles on the track. If we take Charles out of the situation, Robert is saying, "Thank you for helping I on the track." Well, we know that's wrong. He would say, "Thank you for helping me on the track." It's the same regardless if there are two or a hundred more people mentioned in the sentence. So anytime you're uncertain how to phrase something when referring to yourself and others, take the other people out of the sentence and you have your answer /grammar police I just couldn't skip your post. I had studied British English for many years before I came to Canada. That included a lot of grammar lessons and practice. I was horrified when I realized kids in the public schools in Canada did not study grammar, at all.  Once I needed help with the editing of a very important text and I asked two native speaking friends to help me. I ended up with two very different texts. It was very strange at the time. I didn't know students are taught to write the way they speak. So I always knew Adam was using wrongly "I" in sentences  as were many people in North America. But Susiefierce thanks for the grammar lesson. I too need to be reminded from time to time that is important to write properly. |
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as were many people in North America. But Susiefierce thanks for the grammar lesson. I too need to be reminded from time to time that is important to write properly.