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Perspective

Oct. 20, 2010

Is It 'I' or Is It 'Me'

Dwight James writes in response to 'There's Nothing Wrong With Me.'

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry with empathy at professor Paul Von Blum's lament regarding what has become everyday misuse of the English language ("There's Nothing Wrong With Me," Oct. 12). It brought to mind a couple of immediate thoughts. First and foremost it was a missed teaching moment. I was taught that any time one can remove the other subject(s) from a sentence and it sounds correct with "me" then "I" sho...

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