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Pastimes : Common Errors in (American)English -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5)6/8/1999 5:25:00 PM
From: HighTech  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 228
 
How about "bring" and "take" usage? People from the east think they are synonomous and often incorrectly say: "bring it over there".

HiTech



To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5)6/9/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 228
 
How about "for him and I?" I may as well hear a nail scratching the blackboard..... in an attempt to use proper English, the speaker uses the wrong pronoun.....

GZ