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Xtian Fish Badges 4772And english is supposed to become the standard language for the world ... ? :-) English isn't even a language - it's a rudely glued-together mishmash of languages. Inconsistent in spelling, grammar, syntax...
Wrong is wrong; in Shakespeare's case, considering the weight of his contributions and the different era in which he wrote, we of course rush to excuse it. For you, however, we don't. Until you produce the contributions of Shakespeare, live by the rules.
Let me explain it in a more understandable fashion. In the context that you set, the first-person pronoun was used as an object. That calls for the use of "me" rather than "I." It is easier to illustrate your blunder when we subsbreastute the third person for the first person. Thus, if you were talking not about differences between you and me, but between me and a group of people, youcan more easily see your error. Under your construction, you would have written, "That's the difference between I and they!" Clearly, this is incorrect. You are using the subject pronouns as an object. It should be "That's the difference between me and them" (or the more polite "them and me.")
Xtian Fish Badges 4771It's usenet tradition to obsess over microscopic details - especially if you cannot rebut the actual statements being made. For the record : "There are four distinct...
Check it out, for example, here:
Thanks are in order, I believe. Again, I wouldn't even have addressed this subject with you if it hadn't been for your effort to castigate someone else for misusing "effect" while making a grammatical error yourself. Pot, kettle... you know.
