[lit-ideas] Re: Geary's Girly Handwriting
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:43:56 EDT
The sentence could hypothetically have read "Geary sends the letter to
interested parties like I" with a following "am" implied/understood but
somehow
that *isn't* gramatically correct and for the moment I can't think why.
Julie Krueger
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In a message dated 10/11/2004 7:58:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I thought the "I" was a hypercorrection. I took the "like me" as an
objectival. I think we need we need a professional on this. Regarding the
topic,
if you think it's Mike's handwriting, then leave I out.
----
No, you are right. The topic is _not_ Geary's handwriting. It's his
over-all
sexuality (especially in the Toronto area, etc.).
Back to 'like me'.
I don't think we need a professional (or 'pro' as Geary calls them), since,
you've just agreed with Prof. Lye that experts don't know (many things).
The original sentence was:
"Geary sends the letter to interested parties like I"
I think you are right it should have been "like me", since it's something
Geary sends to _people_ (objective case). It's not like "I like
strawberries"
where the people are the subject, etc.
Cheers,
JL
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