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Showing Original Post only (View all)What is up with people saying " John and I's car?" [View all]
It sounds so ignorant. Surely it's not proper.
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Some people are so determined to avoid "me" that they overcompensate the other way
Blues Heron
Nov 2022
#1
Easy trick. Take out the other person and try again. John's car. My car. So, it's John's and my car.
nature-lover
Nov 2022
#5
Seems like grammar, unfortunately, isn't important in schools anymore. n/t
Different Drummer
Dec 2022
#32
It is much easier to correct while writing than speaking. Your example bothers me too.
nature-lover
Nov 2022
#13
Makes me nuts. Especially when you see it from people who speak for a living, like newscasters.
Scrivener7
Nov 2022
#17