Reply #204: Can you tell I'm a teacher? [View All]

[Undercover Owl]

people get confused when they combine 2 subjects or 2 objects in a sentence.

All they have to do is remove the Mr. So&so and mentally decide what sounds correct:

Remove Mr. Poppenhoople or from "call Mr Poppenhoople or myself" and you end up saying "Call myself"

"You spoke to him & I" WRONG!
you wouldn't say "You spoke to I"

"Give it to him & I" WRONG!
you wouldn't say "Give it to I"

"It's for Jenny and he" WRONG!
you wouldn't say "it's for he"

I tell this to high school students, and often, they argue with me and tell me that I am incorrect.! What can you do at that point? Tell them "fine, stay ignorant if you insist".