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Originally Posted by mike1003
Did things change so much since I graduated high school in 1963?
I hear people all the time saying crap like "me and my wife", "myself and my friend", "he gifted it to me" plus many more phrases
Not just people talking everyday, I hear it on the news, from politicians and commentators who went to some of the finest colleges in the country
What happened to English?
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If you as an English speaker and reader understand what the person is saying, then nothing happened to English. English conventions are preferences and those can change. When a student submits a paper to the English teacher, the teacher needs to set an expectation that English conventions must be applied. Also, if something will be marked wrong, he or she should be able to explain it clearly. It has happened that a teacher could not explain why some of my sentences were incorrect and, therefore, I should not have lost points. They just did not prefer my writing. In the real world, good writers will get the attention they deserve.
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