[Rhodes22-list] Grammar

[Joseph Hadzima]

Hi elle:

Pygmalion Syndrome ... reminds me of a movie, based upon a
play!  :-)

Yes, this is a very slow day, but enjoyable!

joe/hadz


--- "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Joe, 
>    
>   I think it is the "Pygmalion" syndrome...an affectation
> by someone who aspires to be 'highbrow' but doesn't know
> what he needs to know to carry it off...case in point: 
>   How many times have you heard "Between you & I"....it
> should be "Between you & ME"...but we were told not to
> use 'ME' because most kids grow up saying "Me & my
> friend" or some other such construction....And most folks
> wouldn't know the diff between the two...so I guess it's
> a case of "It ain't right, but you know what I mean.."
>    
>   >People ride IN an aplane, but we say "I took a ride ON
> a plane" 
>    
>   That's an interesting example.....we do ride IN a
> car.....but ON a bus, ON a train." Perhaps the "IN"
> connotes an ownership condition, while the "ON" connotes
> an impersonal relationship.....
>    
>   Also, we 'drive' on a parkway, and 'park' in a
> driveway, 'ship' 'cargo' by boat....
>    
>   (aargh)
>    
>   (slow day at the marina..)
>    
>   elle
>    
>    
>    
>