"my gf and I's" makes me want to hurl things and scream
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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yeah I'm also jealous of being able to say that
Why is that? I'm not a native speaker and in German we usually list ourselves last so I've used that before.
It's a rule in English that "and I" is only used when it's the subject not the object of a sentence. (Subject is the thing doing the action, and the object is the thing being acted upon)
The proper way to say this would be "she's coming over me and my girlfriend's movie night" because "she" is the subject in this sentence since she is the one "coming over".
Hope that makes sense.
English doesn't follow its own rules, why should we?
prescriptivism detected
Unified grammar and spelling increases the speed, accuracy and universality of communication
Except its perfectly understood either way, so in this case does it really do anything?
Honestly, I'm bi in a hetero relationship currently, and this would summon me like nothing else.
Except maybe masculine crying to Johnny Cash singing "Hurt."
Except maybe masculine crying to Johnny Cash singing "Hurt".
Yea that's got a totally different energy to it.
You can have it all
My empire of cardboard
It's empire of dirt, but I suppose in his case, cardboard cutouts of his likeness could have worked as well. He was covering Trent Reznor's song though.
life threatening, if the male suicide statistics are right
idk man, sometimes you just need a good cry