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Title: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: MB_722 on November 28, 2008, 02:58:48 PM
this school was integrated in '57. They are profiling what it is like now.

They're showing this white middle class family atm,

they introduce the mother, right away she says "education is very important to my husband and ME

LOL

Title: Re: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: MB_722 on November 28, 2008, 03:17:29 PM
So far they are only showing AP white students and poor black people.
Title: Re: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: Dan-O on November 28, 2008, 03:47:40 PM
this school was integrated in '57. They are profiling what it is like now.

They're showing this white middle class family atm,

they introduce the mother, right away she says "education is very important to my husband and ME

LOL



That is in fact correct grammar, even though it's becoming more prevalent to say "I" (something that grates on my nerves every time I hear it, btw).

Think about it this way--take her husband out of the sentence--would you say "Education is very important to I?"  No, that would sound stupid because it's improper grammar.  You would say, "Education is very important to me."  In the same way, in that context the correct grammar would be to say "my husband and me," not "my husband and I."

That's just basic English grammar.  So maybe the mom in the show isn't quite as dumb as you judged her to be.
Title: Re: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: Dos Equis on November 30, 2008, 10:42:17 AM
That is in fact correct grammar, even though it's becoming more prevalent to say "I" (something that grates on my nerves every time I hear it, btw).

Think about it this way--take her husband out of the sentence--would you say "Education is very important to I?"  No, that would sound stupid because it's improper grammar.  You would say, "Education is very important to me."  In the same way, in that context the correct grammar would be to say "my husband and me," not "my husband and I."

That's just basic English grammar.  So maybe the mom in the show isn't quite as dumb as you judged her to be.

Correct. 
Title: Re: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: MB_722 on November 30, 2008, 02:06:50 PM
I was never taught that way, it doesn't sound proper.
Title: Re: watching Little Rock Central: 50 Years on HBO
Post by: headhuntersix on November 30, 2008, 08:17:29 PM
Yeah but its one of those things in English that, while odd, is correct.