"I also" Vs "Me too"
Keith Davis
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Sat Jan 13 11:04:44 CST 2018
How can people not know the difference between “your” and “you’re “? This makes me crazy.
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> On Jan 13, 2018, at 9:55 AM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> And there’s always, “I do, too.” instead of “I also.” Just get a verb in there.
>
> (no mas!)
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
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>> On Jan 13, 2018, at 6:42 AM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> There are a lot of “understood” words in contemporary English. With the phrase “Me, too” the understood words could be “*That’s true for* me, too.” And “I also” works if you add the last words - “I also like ice cream.”
>>
>> Sometimes what is correct sounds really pathetic - “Are you going with him and me?” (So use “us” if possible.)
>>
>> Often it’s just a matter of adding the additional word(s) - “I’m not as tall as him” is incorrect. But "I’m not as tall as he” sounds worse. But when you actually use the last (understood) verb - “I”m not as tall as he *is*” it’s fine.
>>
>> It doesn’t always work but it helps.
>>
>> Becky
>> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>>
>>> On Jan 13, 2018, at 1:37 AM, Neel Shah <neelshah.sa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> English got rid of the accusative dative distinction at some point. Could be a possible theory?
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_case
>>>
>>> On 13 Jan 2018 10:32 am, "Neel Shah" <neelshah.sa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Things like these are more visible to me since moving to a German speaking country.
>>> In German, this is easily explained by the clear case separation.
>>>
>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/German/comments/2n2tpn/ich_auch_mir_auch_or_mich_auch/
>>>
>>> On 13 Jan 2018 3:47 am, "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They seem the same, but grammar couldn't allow that.
>>>
>>> "Me too," is so US ubiquitous that gut thinks it right as a declarative. But "me" is not a subject, is it? An object cannot command a verb, right?
>>>
>>> My inner 4th grader is emerging, and grammar was a powerful math to learn back then. Graphing sentence structure was fun. Nerd, I was.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
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