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But then isn't "me" improper because you would not refer to yourself at the end of a sentence without the "am". (Hint, substitute "Elmo" or "Bob Dole" for "me".)

― dave $1.83 (dave225.3), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

But then isn't "me" improper

Technically yes -- there's a good summary of the issue here.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I love how ILX periodically gets grammar fantods. It's like some kind of natural cycle.

Dan Me OTM.

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks for link, jaymc. I like how the guy uses "than me" as part of a big headline on his homepage with the "than me" linked to that same place.

― In The Court Of The Redd King Harvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 12:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I love how ILX periodically gets grammar fantods. It's like some kind of natural cycle.

When you are a mediocre editor (as I undoubtedly am), grammar fantodry is unavoidable.

Thanks for the insight, y'all.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

"My car is in the shop."

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 August 2006 14:42 (seventeen years ago) link

eight years pass...

Lol at this thread

― How I Wrote Matchstick Men (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link

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