Me, Myself and I

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Are all one of the same......no.?

 

[Dave the OAP]

I am schitzophrenic, and so am I

 

[Zeitgeist]

What a self indulgent thread?!

 

[Northstander]

 

[On the Left Wing]

I and I
was a superb song by Bob Dylan!

 

[Brovion]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. If the 'kids' had started all these 'I' threads we'd all be going on about 'immature NSP types'.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

De La Soul used to be dope.

 

[Meade's Ball]

De La Soul used to be dope.

If you are what you eat, then feed me dope
Cos i'm just about as dope as dope can get.

 

[The Large One]

Me, Myself I: a great song by Joan Armatrading.

 

[NMH]

Personally, I look at myself and think ''what the f***'s he looking at?''

 

[Gwylan]

Is anyone else irritated by the increasing use of the reflexive pronoun when it's not necessary. ("If you have any queries, please contact myself" or "We hope that youself has a pleasant stay")

I must get an email or letter a day containing this format. It seems to have been become fashionable in the last four or five years - why?

 

[Brovion]

Is anyone else irritated by the increasing use of the reflexive pronoun when it's not necessary. ("If you have any queries, please contact myself" or "We hope that youself has a pleasant stay")

I must get an email or letter a day containing this format. It seems to have been become fashionable in the last four or five years - why?

Oh goody this is now a grammar thread. I don't like 'persons' being used instead of 'people' as the plural of person. "Will all persons not involved in the match please leave the pitch". Also the use of 'you yourself personally' when a simple 'you' will suffice: "So Gwlan you yourself personally don't like the modern use of the reflexive pronoun?"

.... and don't even get me STARTED on the decline of the definite article in modern journalism.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

.... and don't even get me STARTED on the decline of the definite article in modern journalism.

Shouldn't that be the "definitive" article.

 

[Brovion]

Shouldn't that be the "definitive" article.

Er, no. Articles are all those little words like 'a', 'an' and 'the'. 'A' is an indefinite article because you don't know what it applies to: 'a hat, a dog'. 'The' is the definite article because it applies to something specific: 'the hat, the dog'. 'Some' is the partitive article because it applies to a specific part but not the whole: "I'd like some mustard please."

So, double dunce back to you with knobs on! I think you've been in Japan too long. In Japanese language, no articles.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Er, no. Articles are all those little words like 'a', 'an' and 'the'. 'A' is an indefinite article because you don't know what it applies to: 'a hat, a dog'. 'The' is the definite article because it applies to something specific: 'the hat, the dog'. 'Some' is the partitive article because it applies to a specific part but not the whole: "I'd like some mustard please."

So, double dunce back to you with knobs on! I think you've been in Japan too long. In Japanese language, no articles.

isnt that the passive?

 

[Gwylan]

isnt that the passive?

No, the passive is where something is done to something else.

For example, 'the boy kicked the ball' is the active mood. 'The ball was kicked by the boy' is passive.

 

[Brovion]

No, the passive is where something is done to something else.

For example, 'the boy kicked the ball' is the active mood. 'The ball was kicked by the boy' is passive.

Correct. Still BAG I'm impressed that you even know about active and passive. I was a victim of that botched attempt at social engineering called 'Comprehensive Schools'. I was 13 before I found out that English had verbs.

 

[larus]

Correct. Still BAG I'm impressed that you even know about active and passive. I was a victim of that botched attempt at social engineering called 'Comprehensive Schools'. I was 13 before I found out that English had verbs.

I was 16 before I found out about adverbs as well mate.

 

[Brovion]

I was 16 before I found out about adverbs as well mate.

"What's an adverb?" he asked quietly.

 

[Gwylan]

Correct. Still BAG I'm impressed that you even know about active and passive. I was a victim of that botched attempt at social engineering called 'Comprehensive Schools'. I was 13 before I found out that English had verbs.

If I remember rightly, BAG is studying French and German so she'll have come across some grammar.

I know what you mean though Brovian. I learned about grammar from doing Latin for five years - it took me years to work out that English had active/passive and subjunctive/indicatibe too. English grammar just wasn't taught at all in the 60s/70s.