Assume v. Presume

[gomezz]

Funny you expressed your hate of 'I' instead on 'me' in a sentence where your use of 'me' is wrong.

 

[Black Hole]

As opposed to "try to...." ?

Exactly. How does one "try and" do something? To "try" implies the possibility of failure, but "and do" implies success.

It's a much easier mistake to make when speaking than when writing, and I am guilty of the same slip. The less educated then write down what they hear thinking it is correct, and the language takes another downturn.

 

[Black Hole]

Me and my wife both hate 'I' instead of 'me', not to mention the pretentious 'myself 'instead of 'me'

My wife and I...

 

[Trev]

Oh jeez. Are you both stupid. Of course me knows it was wrong, that's why me posted it like that.
To quote the Queen. "My husband and I......"

 

[4291]

Oh jeez. Are you both stupid. Of course me knows it was wrong, that's why me posted it like that.
To quote the Queen. "My husband and I......"

Which can be correct or not depending on what came before or after.

 

[Black Hole]

I guess that was a woosh on my part then, but the post was convolutedly self-referential.

 

[Trev]

@4281 The Queen cannot be wrong. It's her language.
@BH Now you're trying to confuse me. It's not difficult.

 

[MikeSh]

I guess Joan Armatrading wouldn't be popular here then

(TBH I don't know what the rule about me/I is. I just use whatever feels right in the context.)

 

[af123]

(TBH I don't know what the rule about me/I is. I just use whatever feels right in the context.)

Just take the other person/people out of the sentence and see if it still sounds right.

 

[4291]

@4281 The Queen cannot be wrong. It's her language.
@BH Now you're trying to confuse me. It's not difficult.

I wish that I could take ten years off my age!

 

[gomezz]

If someone could have taken ten years off Hitler's age the world might be a very different place.

 

[Deleted member 473]

It's not easy to pronounce "HDMI" , "USB", "IMHO" etc.

When did ease of pronunciation ever come into it? Ask Mr Jonathan Woss to say RADAR. Wadaw?

 

[Deleted member 473]

@4281 The Queen cannot be wrong. It's her language.

She sure makes a hell of a mess at speaking it, then.

Anyway, false premise.

 

[Trev]

(TBH I don't know what the rule about me/I is. I just use whatever feels right in the context.)

But that sometimes gives the incorrect use and is why people use them incorrectly. Do what af123 says, that always gives the correct usage.

 

[Deleted member 473]

"Sport, and ..."

"Football, and ..."

"Cricket, and ..."

"Rugby, and ..."

"Snooker, and ..."

It isn't often a noun is seen as a whole sentence. Except by sports presenters.

 

[Deleted member 473]

But that sometimes gives the incorrect use and is why people use them incorrectly. Do what af123 says, that always gives the correct usage.

Grammar, and ...

 

[Deleted member 473]

If someone could have taken ten years off Hitler's age the world might be a very different place.

Godwin's Law, and ...

 

[Deleted member 473]

Seen in the window of the shop and cafe at Longshaw Hall (National Trust):

Open everyday

An open everyday what?

 

[Black Hole]

There are some "frangible pins" holding the fences together on the Badminton Horse Trials cross country course. I have not heard of "frangible" before (despite being an engineer, and it not being queried by the iOS spell check). My immediate reaction was surely there is a more common word to describe the same thing.

 

[Trev]

Shear pin?