"The President and me like to just walk through the rooms."

[trof]

Laura Bush's White House Tour.

1. She seems to always refer to her husband as "The President".
2. "The President and ME"???
Oh LAURA! And you a librarian? Weren't you an English major?
Didn't they cover basic grammar?
Oh dear.
:-(

[femmocrat]

1. Are you referring to the White House series on C-span?

I was really looking forward to watching it, until it turned out to be the bush show. Soooo disappointing! :puke:

[trof]

2. I think that was it. Just saw a clip on WJ one morning.

"The President and ME" hit me like a 2X4.

[hlthe2b]

3. Good Lord.... there are many common grammatical errors that

don't capture my attention in the least when I hear them, but "the President and ME?" Good heavens....

[NYC_SKP]

12. "Me and my brother went to the store."

Yikes, try teaching a kid these days to say, "My brother and I".

You explain that "brother" should go first out of respect, they get that but not the "Me versus I" part, and then say, "My brother and me went to the store."

*sigh*

[hlthe2b]

17. Well, that was always drummed into me as a kid...

but I admittedly sometimes catch myself saying "the office will be staffed by Christine and I on Christmas Eve" (rather than Christine and me).... I don't know why, but that one is not reflexive for me. I have to think about it or correct myself afterwards.

[pacalo]

22. My elementary English teacher taught us to omit the other person in the sentence

then repeat the sentence to determine if "I" or "me" should be used.

After removing the word "pResident", the sentence would read "Me like to walk through the rooms".

Do the same thing for objects of the preposition:

Walking through the rooms is meaningful for the pResident and me. Without the word "pResident", it would read "Walking through the rooms is meaningful for me"; too many people would use the word "I", which would be incorrect.

[SidDithers]

39. That's the way that me remember it too...

:evilgrin:

Sid

[pacalo]

48. Sid...

Is that your "mii" in your avatar?

Hubby & I got a Wii game system from our kids for Christmas & your avatar looks like my hubby's "mii".

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

50. Yeah, there was an online mii creator that I used to make it...

but it got shut down last year. It's supposed to look like Eugene Levy as Sid Dithers from the old SCTV series :)



Sid

[pacalo]

53. Now that you mention it, it does look like Eugene Levy -- esp. the eyebrows.

Actually, the only parts of your avatar that were used in my hubby's mii were the hair color/style & the glasses; his eyes & mouth are different.

[Captain Hilts]

40. That's what 'I' do also. nt

[MUAD_DIB]

24. Me went to the store...

[Obamanaut]

28. I hear the other side of that in my area "Give it to my brother and I"

I live in a county in N Fla with a 71% HS completion rate.

[Captain Hilts]

41. That drives me nuts. Next go 'round we'll talk about misuse of 'myself'. nt

[jeff30997]

4. They were made for each other.

:puke:

[ZombieHorde]

5. "The President and ME", is proper.

Many of us were raised with, "...and I", but that is improper grammar.

[Book Lover]

6. When did putting the accusative form in the subject of a sentence become correct?

Because it ain't in my copy of Chicago 14 or 15.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Oxford and I humbly disagree.

Take "the President" out of the sentence to see if "I" or "me" is correct.

That is the test I've always used.

LINK: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/meandi

[Sal Minella]

11. "It happened to the president and me" is proper (object of preposition).

"The president and I walk" is proper, nominative case, nouns to the verb "walk."

"It happened to both her and I" is wrong -- should be "to her and me."

"The gift was from the president and me" is correct.

[NYC_SKP]

14. I wonder when Mrs. Bush last "took a walk" with "the little general"?

:hide:

[Captain Hilts]

38. Your examples here make sense to me. LB's original usage does not. I think it looks wrong...

Someone needs to explain to me how her original statement is correct.

[gratefultobelib]

13. No, not when it's the subject of the sentence as in this case. Take away

"the president", you wouldn't say "me" likes to walk, etc. When it's the object, as in "It's for the president and me," take away and "the president" and you would say "me." Hope this is clear. Personally, I think sportscasters have dummied down our language!

[ZombieHorde]

15. Oh shit, your right. I was just debating that with someone else, but the sentence structure was

different.

"Your Father went to the store with my wife and me." vs. "My wife and I went to the store with your Father."

[Captain Hilts]

21. Yes, the sentence is screwed up. It doesn't work either way well. nt

[SoCalDem]

16. "Me like to walk from room to room" is proper..if you are TARZAN

In 5th grade we were taught to say each pronoun ALONE, to determine which sounded best..

ex:

Bill and me went

Bill went?
Me went?
easy for even a 10 year old, to see that "I" was the proper pronoun to use:)

[ZombieHorde]

33. see 15

[Captain Hilts]

19. No, it isn't. She just got screwed up thinking of what to say. Her grammer is...

usually pretty good.

[ZombieHorde]

32. see 15

[Captain Hilts]

37. I miss-typed 'grammar'!!! How embarassing!

[TahitiNut]

23. (Bzzzt!) Wrong.

:eyes:

[ZombieHorde]

30. see 15

[jmowreader]

29. No, it isn't.

"The War Crimes Suspect and me like to walk through the rooms."

"That Worthless Piece of Shit and me like to walk through the rooms."

"The Unelected Squatter and me like to walk through the rooms."

The incorrect part of that phrase is to the left of the "and," not the right of it.

[ZombieHorde]

31. see 15

[LiberalHeart]

46. Not if she said "the president and me like to walk..."

[Double T]

8. Talkin' 'Texas'; thar ain't no grammer reqired.

Spellin' neither.

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

9. I don't care about semantics, calling one's spouse "the president" is creepy

[Captain Hilts]

20. See my post. Eleanor Roosevelt had to do with with FDR all the time.

It's the protocol. There were certain circumstances for "The President," "my husband," or "Franklin."

I agree, it's weird.

[malaise]

10. Hubby's Bush speak

rubbed off.

[Captain Hilts]

18. FDR insisted his own kids refer to him as "the President" and address him as that...

[BrotherBuzz]

25. Laura spent to much time sweeping the back porch

[Th1onein]

45. Get off of her case. She's on drugs most of the time.

You would be too if you had to be around Bush as much as she does.

I wonder how long she'll wait until he's been out of office before she files for divorce?

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. "The asshole and me" sounds a bit crass, although certainly more accurate.

[indepat]

27. So "me just like to walk through the rooms?" Lordy, mercy, me thinks that statement, if accurate,

would amount to murder of the English language. :P

Edited to complete sentence.

[MineralMan]

34. Aww...poor Laura...no more walking around the White House...

Good frigging riddance to the both of youse.

[elehhhhna]

35. Marco!

[elehhhhna]

36. Polo!

[Captain Hilts]

42. Marco - Polo - sister railcar of FDR's private traincar the Ferdinand Magellan. nt

[BrotherBuzz]

47. Totally off topic - The Ferdinand Magellan hit 105 miles per hour...

while Harry Truman, Bess and Margaret were on board. Harry looked at the speedometer mounted in the car and quietly waited for Bess to leave the room before ordering the train to slow down to a safer 80 MPH.

[Captain Hilts]

54. FDR didn't have the back muscles to keep himself upright, so it rarely went over 35mph...

while he was aboard.

The Marco Polo is sitting in Union Station, Washington right now.

[rvablue]

43. Not into defending the Bushes....but you WILL hear Michelle refer Barack

in the same manner when she is being interviewed or giving a formal interview.

They all do it....it isn't some Bushism.

[book_worm]

44. I'm sure they have walked thru each room--dead drunk--several times.

[Beausoleil]

49. It's obvious

She left out "get blasted and" between "just" and "walk".

I heard a worse one recently: "me and her" as the subject of a sentence.

"Me and her went to the store."

[onethatcares]

51. "and sometimes we get lost

the secret service makes us wear a beeper so they can find us" "occasionally, we hide in the closets, it's such fun".

they always edit out the good parts.

[Orsino]

52. After she stumbles over the nominative case...

..it almost seems petty to point out the split infinitive.

But it's a relief to learn, at least, that she doesn't believe the president can actually levitate.