tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4324205426706288601..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Grammar RuleAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25841629739540813742019-09-15T17:43:21.031-04:002019-09-15T17:43:21.031-04:00We'll put a detective on that case, Larry.We'll put a detective on that case, Larry.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62610055881317774182011-10-21T20:26:14.876-04:002011-10-21T20:26:14.876-04:00Interesting. I didn't know there was a proble...Interesting. I didn't know there was a problem. I would probably say "Everyone but me" or "Everyone except me" unless I was being pretentious in which case "Everyone ave me" becomes a possibility.<br /><br />"Everyone, myself excepted" sounds like a case violation.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78131759853369770172011-10-21T19:14:01.180-04:002011-10-21T19:14:01.180-04:00I might say, "everyone, myself excepted."...I might say, "everyone, myself excepted." Otherwise, it's got to be "me."<br /><br />Marginally related to the distressing modern tendency to say "between him and I."Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88655196539992261402011-10-18T22:23:51.271-04:002011-10-18T22:23:51.271-04:00Everyone except me. No possible rule, no matter ho...<i>Everyone except me.</i> No possible rule, no matter how tightly one can tie it to reasoning about grammar, can overcome the difficulty that all the other choices are never used.<br /><br />If no native speaker ever uses a particular construction in a language, it is not part of the language.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com