it is an unfortunate sign of the way English is now being taught to children. They honestly don’t know any better (and they certainly don’t have good roll models in the media!)
It doesn’t make any sense! How could Shoe be 1/2 right? If he sees only one of them happy “together”?!? Together with what / whom? If it’s only one of them, he/she can’t be “together” alone.
Maybe it’s a Paul Aldrich kinda thing…
(Solo comedian/musician who published an album where’s he’s playing four instruments titled, “Paul Aldrich: Together Again”.
I can see that all of you are unhappy altogether!
IT’S A COMIC STRIP, PEOPLE! NOT AN ENGLISH LESSON!
Can’t you just get a laugh and move on or do you have to dissect every little thing to satisfy some deep seated urge to prove that you’re right?!!
Geez, GET A FUNNYBONE!
(Thank you, doctor. I feel so much better now…)
pouncingtiger almost 15 years ago
OUCH!! What a burn!
Yukoner almost 15 years ago
Ah, but which half?
sjoujke almost 15 years ago
Now that’s a low blow!
ben_david almost 15 years ago
Wow! Even the birds don’t use proper English. You wouldn’t say “I see I,” so why say “I see you and I?”
Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 15 years ago
it is an unfortunate sign of the way English is now being taught to children. They honestly don’t know any better (and they certainly don’t have good roll models in the media!)
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
I agree with you both. Kids also need better role models for spelling.
;-)
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
And Shoe works where again? Sheesh!
CogentModality almost 15 years ago
So what would be proper? Us? We two? You certainly couldn’t say “I see me being happy together.” LOL
Allan CB Premium Member almost 15 years ago
According to Microsoft Word (they can’t be wrong! haha)
“I see you and me being happy together” “I see you and I being happy together.”
are both ‘correct’. I’m sure if we search Google, we’ll find someone to say neither is correct.
l-empress almost 15 years ago
I see YOU. You see ME. That’s how it works. Do you know how to diagram a sentence? If you did, there wouldn’t even be a question.
The only reason you wouldn’t say “I see me…” is that it becomes reflexive. Thus you would say, “I see myself…”
I don’t know why I bother. I’m used to people who don’t know and care less.
jrbj almost 15 years ago
How about “I see us being happy together”?
KelleyCooper almost 15 years ago
I’m still laughing about ‘roll model’…I guess you find those in a bakery shop window…or maybe, a Tonka truck is a roll model…omg….
treBsdrawkcaB almost 15 years ago
It doesn’t make any sense! How could Shoe be 1/2 right? If he sees only one of them happy “together”?!? Together with what / whom? If it’s only one of them, he/she can’t be “together” alone.
Maybe it’s a Paul Aldrich kinda thing…
(Solo comedian/musician who published an album where’s he’s playing four instruments titled, “Paul Aldrich: Together Again”.
rshive almost 15 years ago
Yukoner beat me to the punch–which half?
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
imagine me and you, and you and me…
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
I-empress: I am with you on that. However, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I am willing to put.
Boopsie200 almost 15 years ago
Hmmm. Maybe it should be, “I can see our being happy together.”
1deano almost 15 years ago
Isn’t 1/2 of 1/2 equal to a quarter? that’s all she’s worth?
artisanx almost 15 years ago
I can see that all of you are unhappy altogether! IT’S A COMIC STRIP, PEOPLE! NOT AN ENGLISH LESSON! Can’t you just get a laugh and move on or do you have to dissect every little thing to satisfy some deep seated urge to prove that you’re right?!! Geez, GET A FUNNYBONE! (Thank you, doctor. I feel so much better now…)
Ushindi almost 15 years ago
How about just “I’ll give you $50.” Forget the English problem.