I got into an argument with someone about how "between you and I" should be "between you and me." I tried, tried, tried to explain objective case to no avail. Sigh.
/Am also driven crazy by capricious "use" of quotation marks.
Korean markets around here get a bit of a pass because of the language difference, but they are big on unnecessary apostrophes and, as Deb mentioned, quotation marks at random.
But then, you don't need to be Korean to mess that up, clearly.
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Perfect! I pretty much recognized myself in every one of them (other than the Facebook thing, of course).
Jeff
I got into an argument with someone about how "between you and I" should be "between you and me." I tried, tried, tried to explain objective case to no avail. Sigh.
/Am also driven crazy by capricious "use" of quotation marks.
Korean markets around here get a bit of a pass because of the language difference, but they are big on unnecessary apostrophes and, as Deb mentioned, quotation marks at random.
But then, you don't need to be Korean to mess that up, clearly.
Jeff
Extraneous Apostrophes WBAGNFARB.
Just sayin'.
Jeff
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