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[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> 
> Um, why is that bad grammar?  It's slightly better usage to 
> say "Russell and me", but I don't think he violated any 
grammatical 
> rule, and there might be an extraneaous reason for the order he 
used.
> 

Tonks now:
I know that younger people these days speak that way, but it is 
WRONG. And I just hate to see the language go downhill like this.  
This particular thing is one of my pet peeves.  It is an insult to 
every teacher, if you ask me.  I complained to a teacher friend of 
mine and she said that maybe the language was changing.  Well it is 
not changing for the better!!  I would never hire someone that spoke 
that way.  And while I am on the subject, I often hear people 
say:  "I seen".  It is "I have seen" or I've seen, or "I saw".  I 
can't tell you the number of times that I have heard people, even on 
TV, say that.  It just erks me.  I am not saying that my writing is 
100% perfect, but in day to day conversation or written information, 
people should at least know better than to say "me and Joe".  
Geeeesh!!

Tonks_op
I can't spell, but that is a different story.  I have always said 
that is why you hire a secretary.   ;-)