[mea] Re: Wording
- From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:29:31 -0600
That was one of the suggestions :)
I'm going to steal your 'broken MP3 file' comment. Brilliant.
I may have to unpack my books for this one. Drat. We're getting new
carpets and everything is put away so nicely...
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Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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2012-02-16 02:25 PM
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[mea] Re: Wording
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I hate to sound like a broken record (or MP3 file), but your compound
object argument would mean it's correct to say "Jim made coffee for Jane
and he."
This Jane character sounds like a troublemaker, anyway. How about not even
offering her coffee; just make one for yourself and maybe she'll take the
hint and leave.
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Subject: [mea] Re: Wording
From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:03:55 -0600
No, this isn't an issue in a document, it's an on-purpose language debate.
I work with enthusiasts.
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2012-02-16 01:57 PM
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[mea] Re: Wording
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I prefer me to myself personally. Is there any other reference to Jane?
Can you say "I made coffee for both of us"?
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:52:46 -0600
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Subject: [mea] Re: Wording
That's today's raging debate among the word enthusiasts:
I made coffee for Jane
I made coffee for myself
therefore I made coffee for Jane and myself
OR
I made coffee for [compound object of Jane and me]
I'm trying to juggle a hair-on-fire deadline at the same time and I don't
want to dig my reference books out of boxes... sorry to be so lazy, but
this is fun :)
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Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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2012-02-16 01:48 PM
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Doesn't this call for the reflexive pronoun, since you're the object of
your own action? You wouldn't say, e.g., "She bought a muffin for Craig,
Jane, and her," or, removing Jane from the picture, you wouldn't say "I
made coffee for me."
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Subject: [mea] Wording
From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:16:03 -0600
Can you think of any situation in which this would be correct:
"I made coffee for Jane and me"
?
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