[ale] change the subject!

[William Fragakis]

Crikey. One guy is upset because someone uses English other than what
he's accustomed to hearing. The next because he opened an email he'd
rather not see.

Seriously, guys. My bad for not changing the topic header but save your
indignation for something that actually affects the world. 

wf

On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 18:57 -0400, Richard Bronosky wrote:
> I'm getting sick of seeing that filth in my inbox!
> 
> On 6/27/10, George Carless <kafka at antichri.st> wrote:
> > William Fragakis (william at fragakis.com) wrote the following on Sun, Jun 27,
> > 2010 at 10:09:35AM -0400:
> >> bzzzt.
> >>
> >> Nope. "Is" is a linking verb - hence, it has no object. Most
> >> traditionalists would say the original poster, indeed, used the proper
> >> usage. e.g. You wouldn't say "Who is her?" instead of "Who is she?"
> >
> > I should never have jumped into this, and apologies for the pedantry. And,
> > technically,
> > you're quite right, although there's a lot of argument on either side (and,
> > idiomatically, "and me" is far more natural than "and I.") For my part I
> > feel that "it
> > is me" works differently from "I am it;" while you're right that nobody
> > would say "who
> > is her" or, indeed, "I is the problem," nor would anybody say "The problem
> > is I" or
> > "See the person arguing an unwinnable argument in an off-topic fashion? That
> > person is
> > I."  "I" doesn't agree with "is," while "me" does.  As it were.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > George
> >
> >> http://www.myenglishteacher.net/linkingwordsandpronouns.html
> >>
> >> or better:
> >> http://www.ehow.com/how_2148233_choose-pronoun-correctly.html
> >>
> >> "Step 5
> >>
> >>       Learn the one exception-linking verbs and verb phrases ending in
> >> be, being, and been. Any time a pronoun immediately follows a linking
> >> verb such as am, is, are, was ,were, and will be, or phrases ending in
> >> be, being, and been, use a subjective case pronoun.
> >>
> >>       That is, use a subjective case pronoun--I,we, you, he, she, it,
> >> and they--after these verbs.
> >>
> >>       In the following example, notice the placement of the pronouns he
> >> and she in relation to the linking verb "is" and verb phrase "could have
> >> been."
> >>
> >>       Example 1: Tom answered the phone, "This is he." Example 2; It
> >> could have been she who stole the merchandise."
> >>
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> William
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 16:43 -0400, George Carless wrote:
> >> > > The problem is not you and I.  The problem is that you can't "sell"
> >> > > Linux
> >> >
> >> > "you and me."
> >> >
> >> > Thank you. carry on.
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