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And what of that "I"--is it righter than "me"?
Or is rightest whatever the heck seems to fly; Lord poet ain't happy when language flaps free So I'm sure he's fancier rhymer than I |
Thanks for the OED quotes, Clive. (How could I have forgotten Prior's Better Answer?)
On the other hand, up against Proverbs I would put Edmund Burke: "In the reporter's gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important than they all." Also, Julie, good points about English as a hybrid lanaguage. But the French word for "I" (pronounced "zhuh") sounds just plain funny at the end of a sentence, and they avoid putting it there. I'd like to see how a French Bible translates, "Lord, is it I?" |
You are correct, Gail. That you have begun to question a correct use of grammar just goes to show how grammar has been trashed in the English language.
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But as Clive points out, it's a trashing that's been going on since at least the 16th century, and by writers like Goldsmith and Scott along the way.
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