The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for December 13, 2013
December 12, 2013
December 14, 2013
Transcript:
Evelyn: Dusty! Come join the Professor and I for lunch! Dusty: Ah got a bone to pick with him! Ah asked him to pose as me and meet mah online ladyfriend an' heup an' stole her away! He's a criminal! Professor: What? What crime did I commit? Dusty: I'll tell you what crime!! Male fraud!
johnt204 almost 11 years ago
Would you say, “Join I for lunch.”?
pschearer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“The Professor and I”? And he calls himself a professor. Humph!
The Rolling Cat almost 11 years ago
Years ago, one of my English teachers railed against “Between you and I,” and I couldn’t blame her. Though I usually refrain from chastising someone’s grammar gaffes, this is one that really drives me nuts, partly because this I-sore seems to be spreading rather than diminishing. Funny thing is, I rarely seem to encounter “Between you and I,” yet I frequently stumble upon abominations such as “for you and I” — and yes, today’s example. And what makes them even more maddening is that they often come from people that I thought would have known better.
mikeymichelle almost 11 years ago
My faith in American’s grammar abilities is restored! I am not the only one who noticed. Like fingernails on a chalkboard- aren’t there editors anymore?
pschearer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I have often offered cartoonists on GoComics my services as a comics proof-reader (“REASONABLE RATES!”) but nobody has ever taken me up on it.
The reason for the “between you and I” construction is the idea that it is impolite if not downright wrong to mention yourself first. The error would probably disappear if everyone would simply say “between I and you”, then realize what a mistake they’ve made. (I’ve heard of this error being called hyper-correction, and I think grammarians call also call it something like “first-person polite”.)