tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post4432685306290386844..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Me and Him Say It That WayJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-36500866734205946322013-09-01T08:44:08.428-04:002013-09-01T08:44:08.428-04:00Normally, I put myself into the camp that says lan...Normally, I put myself into the camp that says language evolves, and when a majority of the population has adopted a word or phrase, it's a legitimate word or phrase. But for some reason, this to me feels different. It's just WRONG. If you wouldn't say, "with I," then you don't say "with you and I." Rules of grammar are there for the purpose of enhancing clarity, and that's why I favor dropping the ones that obscure meaning (e.g., not splitting infinitives, not ending sentences with propositions, or not beginning sentences with conjunctions). But breaking this rule does not enhance clarity; if anything, it blurs it, since it's not clear whether "you and I" is now a subject or an object in the sentence. This has bothered me since I was twelve years old, and it's one of my grammatical lines in the sand.Amy Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362533758291353748noreply@blogger.com