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 #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:10 pm Neither you nor I am going to the shop |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:46 am Neither you nor I am going to the shop |
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You have to use the pronoun you would use if the other person were not included.
You would never say, "Me am not going to the shop," or, "Me am going to the shop," so the correct pronoun is "I" in this sentence.
However, you can't say, "This gift is for Steve and I." That's quite wrong, because you can't say, "This gift is for I."
By the way, a lot of native speakers have problems with this also. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:04 am Neither you nor I am going to the shop |
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| Neither you nor I am going to the shop |
This sounds awkward to me. On the face of it 'am' after 'I' sounds all right but what about 'you'? 'Is' sounds wrong following 'I' and more generalised 'are' doesn't seem too happy after 'I' but the nearness to 'you' sounds acceptable to me since what we mean is: 'You and I are not going to the shop'. One way out of this dilemma is to rewrite as: 'I am not going to the shop and neither are you' This to me would be preferable to the quoted sentence.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:07 am Neither you nor I am going to the shop |
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| "Neither of us is going..."? |
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