[Nan3cy]

The whole "me" vs "I" thing is getting more and more muddled over time, it seems to me. For example, does anyone say "It's I" any more, when self-identifying? I consider myself at least an unpaid auxiliary member of the grammar police, but I think everyone I know would say "it's me" -- and I don't  complain. That's what I say too. That's how language changes, isn't it? -- improper usage becomes so widely used that eventually it's just the way it is. And eventually the new improper usage becomes the thing that the defenders of the language demand (maybe after a few generations, of course).


Now, the use of "which" when I think it should be "that" -- that gets to me. I'm reading David Halberstam's The Children, and he constantly uses "which" when I think he should be using "that." I think he was a terrific writer, but I think he messed up on that one.

[Nan3cy]

The whole "me" vs "I" thing is getting more and more muddled over time, it seems to me. For example, does anyone say "It's I" any more, when self-identifying? I consider myself at least an unpaid auxiliary member of the grammar police, but I think everyone I know would say "it's me" -- and I don't  complain. That's what I say too. That's how language changes, isn't it? -- improper usage becomes so widely used that eventually it's just the way it is. And eventually the new improper usage becomes the thing that the defenders of the language demand (maybe after a few generations, of course).


Now, the use of "which" when I think it should be "that" -- that gets to me. I'm reading David Halberstam's The Children, and he constantly uses "which" when I think he should be using "that." I think he was a terrific writer, but I think he messed up on that one.