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Why didn't Sheldon correct Howard..
posted by KnixonSTAFFMOD on October 18, 2017 at 6:01 AM
when they were talking about the model Saturn 5 rocket and Howard said "What do you say, you and me build this rocket?"
Reply by znexyish
on October 18, 2017 at 9:44 PM
This one might have slipped by, but then there is so much correcting Sheldon we can take. Maybe the shows writers didn't know the proper use. Or since most of Sheldon's reading is comic books and academic papers he didn't know the difference either.
Reply by tmdb19868063
on October 19, 2017 at 8:54 AM
Me don;t know. Me wonder'ed the same thing. It also occurred to I, like Znex mentioned, that the writer's did not know the correct usage either,. So perhaps its there fault.
Reply by znexyish
on October 19, 2017 at 1:59 PM
Maybe one of the grammarians here can precisely explain why "you and I", is preferable to "you and me".
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on October 19, 2017 at 2:42 PM
Because of that adrenaline rush he got when Howard asked him.
He got so excited over being asked that it made him oblivious to how he was asked?
After all, we are not talking about a split infinitive here. Such an error would cause him to undoubtedly have a fit.
Reply by Knixon
on October 19, 2017 at 8:06 PM
Not sure I qualify as a grammarian, but - at least as a quick test - I always understood it was an issue of whether it still worked properly if one of the "and" subjects was removed. With "Sheldon and I went to the store" you get "Sheldon went to the store" which is correct, or "I went to the store" which is also correct. The two forms both agree. With "Sheldon and me went to the store" the two parts are "Sheldon went to the store" is correct, but "Me went to the store" is not.
Reply by CalabrianQueen
on October 20, 2017 at 9:11 AM
I think laid back Sheldon is starting the slow takeover.
Reply by tmdb81799156
on October 25, 2017 at 12:25 PM
seriously? It isn't a preference, it is a rule.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on October 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Rule for the rest of the world; preference (poetic license) for writers.
Reply by znexyish
on October 25, 2017 at 3:19 PM
Thanks that makes sense now.
Reply by Knixon
on October 25, 2017 at 3:59 PM
Thank you.
It also applies the other way: If the sentence is like "Do you want to go to the store with Sheldon and me?" that becomes correct using "me" because "Do you want to go to the store with Sheldon?" and "Do you want to go to the store with me?" are both correct. "Do you want to go to the store with Sheldon and I?" doesn't work because the "Do you want to go to the store with I?" part is not correct.
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on October 26, 2017 at 11:50 AM
It's best not to encourage these people. They are like that fungus Stuart can't shake; and when it comes to posting on the boards they are second only to trolls on the long-walk-short-pier list.
Reply by znexyish
on October 26, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Understandable, but I do have to say that Knixons response made it clear to me. I understand that grammar rules seem arbitrary but hope that there is some reason behind them. thanks anyways.
Reply by tmdb81799156
on October 27, 2017 at 11:03 AM
How does answering a question with facts equate to someone being a troll?
Reply by FormerlyKnownAs
on October 27, 2017 at 12:13 PM
What; someone said answering a question with facts equates to someone being a troll? I must have missed it.