When I was reading an English web site on the Internet (BBC's 6 Minutes English), I came across this sentence:     At the weekends, me and my sisters didn't go to cybercafes or the cinema or hang around the park smoking cigarettes like other teenagers.   I've never seen "me" used as the subject and placed at the beginning of a sentence, so I was surprised to see this. I think of course "I and my sisters didn't go" is better, but is "me and my sisters didn't go" accepted as a colloquial expression by English-speaking people?
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I've always been taught to put myself last when referring to myself in the same sentence as others but the usage of "me and..." seems to be everywhere these days. The misuse of the word "me" instead of "I" aside, is there some new rule I haven't heard of? Shouldn't we put ourselves last regardless of the "me"/"I" usage?  Examples of "correct" usage:      My friends and I went for some ice   cream. Did you see my friends and me   at the ice cream stand?   Examples of "incorrect" usage:     Me and my friends went for some ice   cream. Did you see me and my friends   at the ice cream stand?   Note: I was also taught that the only person who could put themselves first was the queen.
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Is it proper to use the following expressions  I started to London yesterday afternoon . I started to London yesterday morning  I ask because it is supposedly correct to say 'last night'. Why don't we say 'last afternoon' or 'last morning'?
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Where did you go last night?   Where went you last night?   Is there a reason we say the first of the previous two sentences as opposed to the last one?   I know the second sentence is ungrammatical. I was just wondering if there was more of a rule than just "asking questions in the simple past needs 'did' + verb in the present tense."
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A young black American soldier leaves his home and family to cross   the ocean to put an end to the German nightmare.   I have just translated this sentence into English and I would like to know if in this context it is necessary to write the word "family" also, or if I can just write "the soldier leaves his home to cross etc." is understandable too, or even make a difference by writing "he leaves his house and family".
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I was wondering if any American writers could give me some advice as to whether the following expressions/vocab are used and understood in the US:  (words in bold are the ones I'm asking about. Some words are also in inverted commas)   The living room of a house -- is this expression ok? Do you ever say "front room" or "sitting room"? If it's a massive house with a huge entertainment area, can you say "living area"? I was tickled -- is this expression ok? It means happy. "My college mate wants to hang out at my digs" - meaning my place, or college dorm. Would digs be used? Is college mate an ok expression for someone you go to college with? In the real world, do people stop on the shoulder or the hard shoulder of a highway or is either fine? Is median strip used for the partition between 2 lanes of a highway going in different directions? "He takes the piss out of every banker he meets" -- meaning he mocks them. Is this used? Can you say "I'm pissed off at him" (angry) or does it have to be: "I'm pissed at him." "I called my parents' landline (fixed home phone)." Is landline ok? "I tried on the jeans in the changing room." Is this ok or does it have to be fitting room or something else? Is the word "thingamajig" used in American English? "I can't walk on my ropey leg" -- meaning damaged or injured or tired. Can ropey be used? Security guards are surveilling the place. This verb is showing up as misspelt but I see it sometimes. Is there another spelling or verb?   13.In the real world, do people in the US use MPH or KPH as the unit of speed when driving?   Is the expression "Calm my jitters" acceptable? (calm my nerves) If you pull up to a mansion surrounded by a fence with very thick metal bars all around it, is the word "fence" appropriate or is there a better word. I think that gate would only be for a door in a fence or something? Is the expression "It cost a pretty penny" ever used in the US? Is the expression "It took every ounce of strength" used in the US? Can the word "skiff" be used in the US for a sort of flat-bottomed row boat?   Thank you so much to anyone willing to give advice about these points. Though I appreciate any input, I think it would be most useful to hear from actual American writers to avoid possible confusion.   Many thanks!  Follow up questions:  Thanks to all those who gave their very useful opinions. I have a couple more questions for anyone willing to give advice:   What do you call the area (let's say on the 10th floor) in front of an elevator door? Is there a specific word like "the landing"? When you enter a house (without a mud room), there is a space just past the front door which is not really a room, but it's like the entrance way/hallway between the front door and other rooms like the living room, study. Is this called a "hallway"? It's not a lobby, obviously as that would be for a hotel or something. Can it be the "entrance hall"? If you are using WASP-y as an adjective, do you have to write it like "WASP-y" or "WASPy". I'm guessing "waspy" hasn't become a thing yet?   Thank you!
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Why do we say "ain't I" or "aren't I" instead of "amn't I"? What's the history of this usage? Are there any other similar patterns in English?  I'm guessing it has something to do with the dispreference of two consecutive nasal consonants, but a more authoritative answer would be great.
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I was looking on the internet but really haven't found anything definite on this. I was writing a letter for IELTS practice and I came with this phrase:     "When I arrived to the school I really did not know what to expect.".   I'm doubtful about whether the "to" is well placed there.  I think the following option with "at" instead of "to" sounds better as in:     "When I arrived at the school I really did not know what to expect."   but I'm not sure if those two are interchangeable in this particular example.
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The other day I heard someone say:       They've been going out a week; I mean, that's not (a) serious (relationship).     I wondered if she was speaking correctly, which is presumable, since she was a native American English speaker. But more often I here the for when people talk about duration. So is it also possible to leave out for? Maybe only in the informal register?   EDIT: There was a heavy stress on the word week. Does it play a role in this matter?  EDIT#2: ... OK. It's more suitable as an answer.
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I hear and read them all the time. I mean stuff like:      You're just going to stay here?   Instead of:      Are you just going to stay here?    Then I write like this out of habit and get called out on my grammar issues by people who speak English much worse than I do. That's kinda embarrassing. So, could someone please explain to me whether it's correct or not? Are they acceptable at all, and if so, in which situations?      So, what? You're gonna kill me now?
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I came across a line in a movie:     You told me your dad was some fighter. You didn't say he was the most famous fighter to ever live.   This is a line spoken by a girl to a guy, and the guy's father is dead. Shouldn't it be:     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter to have ever lived.   Or     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter who ever lived.   What about     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter who has ever lived.
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I have two sentences:          John, Jane, and I went to the party.     He and I went to the party.    But I think there is a rule that says a pronoun at the end of a list should be in a special form (for "I", the special form is "me").  So, my sentence 1 and 2 should be rewritten like this:        John, Jane, and me went to the party.     He and me went to the party.    But in a lot of writing, sentences like sentence 1 and 2 are used instead of sentence 3 &amp; 4.  Is there a special rule that allows not using "me" for sentences similar to 1 and 2 for casual writing?
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I just stumbled upon a :     My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner. How does it look?   Sure enough, the top comment immediately points out that it should be "my wife's and my". However, a cross-post to the Grammar subreddit produced :     It's fine as it is written. "my wife and I" is a noun phrase, functioning as a subjective pronoun in the singular and made possessive with the apostrophe. It is exactly the same as "our".      It seems weird because you would never use "I's" on its own but it is not on its own here - it is part of a noun phrase.   That's a rather intriguing argument. Does it hold any water?
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There is a novel titled 'Ball Don't Lie', and a film also based on the novel with the same name (visit: ). Then the sentence becomes more famous in sports world after Rasheed Wallace used it in one of NBA games (watch YouTube video ).  So I'm just curious, isn't there clearly a grammar mistake in this term? Shouldn't it be "Balls Don't Lie", or "Ball Doesn't Lie"?
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I'm currently working at a private academy in Korea, and my boss just asked me a real head-scratcher.   In the sentence:     It doesn't have to be hot and humid for players to lose too much water from their bodies.    I'm aware that "It" is a subject pronoun replacing "The weather." Besides that, however, I'm unsure.   Is it a false subject? I wouldn't think so since it's a pronoun. Is it some crazy kind of indirect object?  Anyway, thank you all for your help!
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It is from . It is at around 8 minute and 39 second. Here it goes:     Culinary cultural fusion is all the rage; more novels translated from languages then ever before, although few are read, and in the surest sign of cultural globalization, football, the world's game, finally has reached America.   I guess the sentence would make sense if the preposition in were dropped out. Could you please tell me what did the host use it for?
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Possible Duplicate:               I found a photo of Sarah, Thomas, James and I?  OR  I found a photo of Sarah, Thomas, James and me?  "I" subject pronoun,  photo "object",   "me" object pronoun - or not as the case may be?  I believe it is "me" not "I" but can you provide why this is so in terms of sentence structure.  Thank you
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She invited me to dinner. But it _____ two years since I _____ to her house. So I lost my way.      The answer is "was", "had gone" but would it be possible to change "had gone" into "went" because if he  lost his way, may be he only went to her house only one time and "went" refers to a single event.