The prince invited my wife and I to dinner that night. |
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Added: November 2006 |
Comments:
| fatma - 22nd November 2006 23:56
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| invited me
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| RonBee - 23rd November 2006 12:00
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"Incorrect" and "hypercorrection" seem to me to amount to the same thing.
~R
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| JSmiley - 24th November 2006 13:23
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| I was always taught to say (someone) and I for politeness (or so I thought, so it shoud be correct.
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| Dave - 8th September 2007 02:33
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| Should read as "The prince invited my wife and me to dinner that night." Remove the wife to see why..."The prince invited I to dinner" is incorrect.
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| phb - 12th September 2007 09:14
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| In fact, it's incorrect, because "I" is the object of the sentence. However, this one is correct : "My wife and I were invited..."
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