Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And then there's our President... ;-) On 1/31/06 11:20 AM, "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com> wrote: > In my field, medicine, I am appalled at how many educated individuals > commit > so many crude, and flagrantly ungrammatical, errors in speech. I hear > registered nurses, BSNs with college bachelor's degrees, saying things like > "I seen her yesterday" or "I been there twice already" or "He don't do that > any more". I even know a thoughtful and cultured radiation oncologist who > regularly commits mis-usages like "I discussed the plan with he and his > wife". > > So much fun, being a language curmudgeon! > > --howard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 PM > Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language > > >> Seth, between you and I, people don't speak so good as they used to. It >> amazes me how many "educated" people use a subject instead of an object >> with the preposition "between." >> >> I make my share of mistakes. I guess I shouldn't complain. >> >> Doug >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information