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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

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I've just come back from teaching my ESOL class and in answer to " What did you do at the weekend ? " one of the students wrote " Me and my friends went to the cinema ". I said it should really be " I and my friends... " The student said that was what she put at school but her teacher said it should be " Me and my friends.. "

Is this what they teach nowadays or had she misunderstood ? ( Genuine question btw, not being sarky   )

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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on March 4, 2014 at 8:47

Permalink Reply by Philip on March 4, 2014 at 16:27

Apologies to John D for my also sarky criticism of him. Had I read the post correctly I might have realised that he was not the dodgy teacher but the ESOL rhetorisist. 

Permalink Reply by John D on March 4, 2014 at 17:33

Thanks Philip. but no need to apologise

314vkrvy6nrtxPermalink Reply by 314vkrvy6nrtx on March 5, 2014 at 5:42
To all concerned I recommend this article by David Foster Wallace, I and I found it very enlightening and entertaining http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html :-).
Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on March 5, 2014 at 9:50

Thanks, Rich. I started reading the article with my first a cup of coffee this morning. Very enjoyable. I'm Looking forward to finishing it this evening.

Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on March 5, 2014 at 11:12

P.S. I forgot to mention my special thanks for the trail-marker to David Foster Wallace and his  valuable words SNOOT and SNOOTitude. Though plainly the SNOOTs on HoL will joylessly chunter on regardless.

Permalink Reply by Geraldine on March 7, 2014 at 10:29

Yup, it's 'my friends and I', but that sounds a bit stilted so let me venture to suggest, 'I went to the cinema with my friends.'  Not a teacher.

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