I don't want to renact the war, and I may have asked you it already in the past but what do you think of William's "They are not like you and I" grammar-wise ?
At the time Rosalind (who is Canadian) was "outraged" saying that William was a demon because he should have never made that poor mistake, if he were a Victorian gentleman he should have said "like you and me". I thought it was correct, that the verb was implied, that it was just a bit pedant and maybe inspired by William's readings Shakespeare. That matter caused a big fight in our group and even between my colleagues who taught English. Oddly enough it wasn't a Americans vs English people fight, some Brits thought that Rosalind was right, some Americans said that William didn't make a grammar mistake, Wyvern who is English too told me that the use of "me" was quite a new thing that became correct but that "I" was actually proper, simply very affected...IMO it fits in William's character, someone who'd use the word "effulgent" would be affected indeed!
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At the time Rosalind (who is Canadian) was "outraged" saying that William was a demon because he should have never made that poor mistake, if he were a Victorian gentleman he should have said "like you and me". I thought it was correct, that the verb was implied, that it was just a bit pedant and maybe inspired by William's readings Shakespeare. That matter caused a big fight in our group and even between my colleagues who taught English. Oddly enough it wasn't a Americans vs English people fight, some Brits thought that Rosalind was right, some Americans said that William didn't make a grammar mistake, Wyvern who is English too told me that the use of "me" was quite a new thing that became correct but that "I" was actually proper, simply very affected...IMO it fits in William's character, someone who'd use the word "effulgent" would be affected indeed!