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John of Aix
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:16 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
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Think yourself lucky lad, it's not often one gets an I there from me 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:32 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
| Quote: | On 10 Mar, in article
1110487071.946472.15230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Do you suppose you could provide a /little/ bit of context, quoted,
in
your posts? Not everyone uses a newsreader that threads by analysing
the
References header (my own only threads by Subject, and date of
receipt).
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas
eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/,
1657 |
Is that better? |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:44 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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John of Aix wrote:
| Quote: | vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Think yourself lucky lad, it's not often one gets an I there from me
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OK, so which is correct, "...such as I" or "...such as me"?
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Tony Mountifield
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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In article <1110581049.272011.74000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<vorotyntsev@yahoo.com> wrote:
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John of Aix wrote:
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Think yourself lucky lad, it's not often one gets an I there from me
;-)
OK, so which is correct, "...such as I" or "...such as me"?
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I think it would depend on the case of the noun it was complementing.
"A person such as I would never do that."
"He would never give it to a person such as me."
So in the sentence originally referred to, I think "such as me" would
have been right (but I'm willing to be corrected).
Cheers
Tony
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Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk
Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:27 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | John of Aix wrote:
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Think yourself lucky lad, it's not often one gets an I there from me
;-)
OK, so which is correct, "...such as I" or "...such as me"?
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Me would say "such as I" but I probably use 'like me' more
frequently. |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:49 pm
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
On 10 Mar, in article
1110487071.946472.15230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Do you suppose you could provide a /little/ bit of context, quoted,
in your posts? Not everyone uses a newsreader that threads by
analysing the References header (my own only threads by Subject, and
date of receipt).
Is that better?
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Almost, but you should have cut out Brian's sig probably, as I did. The
idea is to leave enough in so that people who come in at that point can
understand what the thread is about |
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einde. ocallaghan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:08 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | John of Aix wrote:
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
Think yourself lucky lad, it's not often one gets an I there from me
;-)
OK, so which is correct, "...such as I" or "...such as me"?
It depends on whether it is the subject or the object of the sentence - |
however I would point out that it sounds very formal and I'd never use
this structure myself. More usual in modern usage is the structure "like
me".
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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John Hall
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:08 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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In article <1110581049.272011.74000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com writes:
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OK, so which is correct, "...such as I" or "...such as me"?
It's short for "...such as I am", which makes the answer clear. |
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John Hall
"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking."
Katherine Cebrian |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:24 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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On 11 Mar, in article
<1110580371.344413.106260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
[snip everything that I had previously quoted, despite its now being |
irrelevant]
| Quote: | Do you suppose you could provide a /little/ bit of context, quoted,
in
your posts?
[snip more extraneous material, including (sigh) my .sig]
Is that better?
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No; do you not understand the concept of "little"?
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:27 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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On Saturday, in article <39ftbeF5vohqdU1@individual.net>
"einde.ocallaghan"@planet-interkom.de "einde. ocallaghan"
wrote:
| Quote: | It depends on whether it is the subject or the object of the sentence -
however I would point out that it sounds very formal and I'd never use
this structure myself. More usual in modern usage is the structure "like
me".
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[At which point, the polar bear pats the fox on the head, and says "I
like you, little chap".]
Similarly, most people say "It's me"; whereas the Bible, correctly, has
Christ saying "Be not afraid, it is I".
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:43 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
| Quote: | On 11 Mar, in article
1110580371.344413.106260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
[snip everything that I had previously quoted, despite its now being
irrelevant]
Do you suppose you could provide a /little/ bit of context,
quoted,
in
your posts?
[snip more extraneous material, including (sigh) my .sig]
Is that better?
No; do you not understand the concept of "little"?
--
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas
eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/,
1657 |
Some people are never satisfied. |
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