Bonus Panels:
English is bent to our will in daily life and yet people act like God wrote the law on how to speak English and we’re all committing sins of biblical proportions.
No. You know what ? “Me and Mark” is perfectly okay because you understood exactly what the sentence meant. That’s the purpose of language.
Several counter-points:
- There is an unnecessary space before your question mark.
- Ideally, you should use single quotes when distinguishing words or phrases within the text
- The phrase ‘and yet’ is redundant. Simply “yet” would have been more appropriate.
I believe if you check closely, this rebuttal is ironclad.
Your rebuttal has no iron or steel covering any spots, thus it cannot be considered ironclad
It is also not a rebuttal. It criticizes the grammar and punctuation, but does not offer a counter argument.
Mark and I hate you
So do me and Mark
It’s about respect for the reader or listener. Using correct language eases the burden of deciphering what you are trying to say by using consistent forms. Otherwise it take extra effort for them to unscramble your words and figure out your meaning.
And yes, of course someone can figure out that when you say “me and Mike” you almost certainly mean to say “Mike and I”. But you’re making it harder for them by not bothering to learn or use the correct form.
I think it depends on if you’re correcting people to better understand them, or correcting them to be correct. Or, to put it another way:
Me and Mike is not any harder to understand than Mike and I. It is harder for the speaker to always make sure they’re using the correct form, though. The extra effort for the speaker must also be considered. Sure, if you’re writing a book you should probably try to use the correct form, but in casual conversation it does not matter, and is more effort than it’s worth (at least in this case)
Knowledge is knowing that the monster isn’t Frankenstein.
Wisdom is knowing that the monster is Frankenstein.
Intelligence is knowing that Scooby Doo taught us that the real monsters are the humans.
Intelligence is knowing that haircut is fucking terrible.
Now I want to see a party of all pedants where everyone enjoys correcting others. Finally, that phrase won’t be sarcastic!
Come have a seat at my D&D table…
rolls dice threateningly
Party of pendants. Huh…
He’s the model of a major grammarian.
Seeing as there is very clear paternal symbolism throughout, and even internal dialog of the
minstermonster referring to the “doctor” as his father, I think it’s pretty reasonable to assume theminstermonster took the same surname.There’s no way the monster would take Frankenstein’s surname. He hated him.
Many people hate their fathers and still keep their surnames.
I want to party with Dan!
Green guy = average Lemmy poster
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