I was doing my daily blog readings when I read "grammar gaffe friday" written by fish. I thought to myself, 'I'm not alone!' Fish was venting out how she gets so irritated when people misuse I's and me's, especially when labeling pictures in let's say, myspace. (Yes, I'm a myspace addict too. Don't blame me, I have an addictive personality. I get addicted to things easily. That is how I got this blog.) It's very coincidental that she wrote about this topic because I was just talking to my friend about how annoyed I become when I see myspace pictures title 'my friend and I at the beach.' Whenever I read that, it's like running your fingernails across the chalk board. Instead of hurting my ears, it hurts my eyes and my head. Have you seen those shirts that say, "Poor grammar makes me [sic]?"

I need one that says, "Poor grammar hurts me." Granted, I don't have the best grammar. I'll admit it. Don't believe me from my past posts yet? Just keep reading my blog and you can point out all my grammatical errors. I blame it on English not being my first language. And don't tell me that studies show that people who took ESL usually have better grammar then people who grew up having English as their first language. I'm a rare case. Anyways, back to what I was talking about. Grammar. Yes. Grammar and I don't get along sometimes. But there are times where he goes easy on me and allows me to correctly use I's and me's. Why can't he be kind to others? I have no idea. Maybe they didn't go to ESL. 
Here is a picture of my sister and
me jet skiing at Lake Mead.
Got that? My sister and ME. Not I. Okay. That's enough venting...
3 comments:
wait.. now i'm confused.. i agree that you are supposed to use "me" but i thought i remember learning in school that you are supposed to put the other person first and always refer to yourself last like "my sister and me" or "my brother, my sister and me". no? that's how i've always done it. anyway, i'll miss you when i'm gone. i might give you a call~
just found this:
http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#34
now we'll have better grammar than everybody!
ooo i shall change that. thanks! i will misssss you toooo! <3
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