
433 GG Why People Mix Up the Pronouns "Me" and "I"
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How to Use Disjunctive Pronouns in English
There are multiple competing systems at work in English, depending on the dialect and the level of formality. You might get a very young child or very beginner level second language speaker saying me is going to the store but never a full grown adult native speaker. The drop the other pronoun test works just fine in Latin. But that's not the case for all languages. In French, there are subject and object pronouns, such as Jai versus Ma, me. There's also an additional form known as disjunctive pronouns,such as Moi. This has led to the development of a third option, the hyper-correction of I into you under all circumstances.
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