RE: Digital Negatives & PT/PD / language & Grammar Police
Oh I missed the deadline! Oh well, that is ok, since I have declined the "free gift" anyway, even if I got it right. I will buy the book. Let us, you and me, agree on that. ;-) Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Soemarko [mailto:fotodave@dsoemarko.us] > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:30 AM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: RE: Digital Negatives & PT/PD / language & Grammar Police > > > Let us go then, you and I, > > When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient > > etherised upon a table... > > No, they all got it wrong. My answer below is the right one. > > The "you and I" in the above sentence is not the object of > 'let,' otherwise it should be "let you and let me" and thus > "let you and me." > > But the "you and I" above is vocative. The person is > calling/addressing 'you' and himself/herself. > > But Judy, don't send me the gift (that is, assuming I am > right). I have planned to buy it. I am just replying for some > fun in grammar. > > So let I buy the book. ;-) > > > David > > > >
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