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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchumer's tweet does not bode well for Trump getting his $5B at lunch today, as he predicted...
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@SenSchumer
Joining @SpeakerPelosi and I today are the people who work long hours to serve the American public at our airports, VA hospitals, federal prisons, FEMA, the EPA, and more.
They represent the real, human, collateral damage of the #TrumpShutdown.
Link to tweet
Ohiogal
(32,185 posts)dalton99a
(81,707 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,740 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)Why do people use "I" when the objective case is clearly required?
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)No one gives a shit?
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)how many would want to see 'The King and Me'?
Glorfindel
(9,747 posts)is different than saying "play some music for the king and me."
forgotmylogin
(7,540 posts)Unless you're Cookie Monster!
Glorfindel
(9,747 posts)"Give I some cookies."
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,740 posts)I haven't checked Amazon, but I suspect that sales of "We," Charles's Lindbergh book, put it pretty far down in the ranks. In that sentence, "We" is the object of the preposition "of." No problem.
Similarly, "production of 'The King and I' began in {whenever}" works just fine.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Made my day..
"I.. and my shaaadow, walking down the aaaavenuuuu
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)"Joining I......" which would be incorrect.
Why are so many folks afraid to use the word "me"? Likewise, why do so many Americans insist on using the word "lay" (which takes an object) instead of "lie" -- as in "I must lie down", and not "I must lay down". That's when I always want to ask "Sure, exactly what is it you want to "lay" down?" This bad grammar is ubiquitous, especially in television, and it's creeping across the border. Ugh!
Now, if Schumer had said "Speaker Pelosi and I will be be joined by....." that would be correct.
Rant over!
Fla Dem
(23,882 posts)let's get it right.
Which is why I'm asking...should he have put me 1st before Speaker Pelosi? I'm always unsure if the "me" should go first.
Ex:
Joining me and @SpeakerPelosi today......
OMGWTF
(3,992 posts)OMGWTF
(3,992 posts)It's not that hard folks; just remove the other person from the sentence and that's how you know which pronoun is correct.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,740 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,855 posts)The spelling police/auto correct police are close second.
Our collective intelligence is what makes DU Great!
Thanks for your service.
mcar
(42,467 posts)LisaM
(27,850 posts)Fortunately, the people who notice it are likely the people who already agree with him.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Nice to see that the Russian troll farms are still paying their people.
littlemissmartypants
(22,855 posts)gordianot
(15,254 posts)An embarrassment to crooks everywhere.
watoos
(7,142 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,855 posts)The president is an idiot. New mantra. I reach a higher place every time I say it.
Response to Miles Archer (Original post)
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watoos
(7,142 posts)knowing how to govern and get results is what's important. Also, at least those creeps don't take orders from Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh who are real life creeps. Oh and they don't take orders from Putin either.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Think they can just come in and start criticizing Democrats.
True Blue American
(17,996 posts)edbermac
(15,951 posts)Donnie, better start accepting the fact that the lights have changed.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,800 posts)Then hell be a real shit head.
Oh yeah, already is.
oasis
(49,484 posts)dem4decades
(11,321 posts)So he could meet the people he's keeping out of work.
Come on Chuck and Nancy, go on tv and invite Mitch to visit these workers.
And let him say no.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)he is too busy watching out for his own back, and slandering Democrats for doing the right thing.
His pResident wanted to shutdown the government, he owned it. McConnell and his posse are not saying shit.
dem4decades
(11,321 posts)Put that piece of shit on the spot.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)he is above government workers. Just keep on calling his office may be his head will explode too.
They (repigs) are still in control we only have one branch. He is still going to be obstructionist to whatever comes to the Senate. But in the meantime, the repigs are going down because they are holding on to this POS tRump. They hate democracy.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)I've had this hammered into my brain since childhood....not too hard of a concept.
mbusby
(823 posts)Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)Now up to $5.7 billion and growing
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)which the crime boss in charge will extort from the American taxpayers if we give into tRump this time!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,552 posts)Mitch has annexed part of TrumpShutdown so it is now TrumpMitchShutdown.
At least, until he allows other Senators to vote.