Disclaimer: I’m typing this with PoBo on my chest as I sit in bed… the laptop is at my furthest arm’s reach away. Be gentle with the judging of typos.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled post.
I know when to use “well” and “good” in a sentence. Really I do.
Question: How are you? Answer: I’m well thanks, how are you?
Though when I’m asked, “How are you?” I respond, “Good, how are you?” Sigh. It’s because EVERYbody does it.
It’s kind of like how EVERYone uses “I” instead of “me” in a sentence because they think they’re using it correctly.
Correct: She went to the store with Joe and me.
Incorrect: She went to the store with Joe and I.
Correct: Jack and I went to the store.
Incorrect: Jack and me went to the store.
I’m not sure why I am off on a tangent with this, but it’s a pet peeve of mine. I was always taught that you need to break the sentence apart to know when to use “I” or “me”. So with the first sentence “She went to the store with Joe and me” you can test it out by saying “She went to the store with Joe” or “She went to the store with me”. See? That works. The incorrect use of “I” in that sentence wouldn’t work because the sentence broken apart would be “She went to the store with I”.
I is always the subject and me is always an object. (haha, me is always an object…lol cave talk.)
I also hate the your vs. you’re confusion, but that’s a rant for another day.
me: Jack go get ready for bed, brush your teeth good.
Jack: You don’t even know basic grammar. It’s “brush your teeth well”.
me: I know that. I’m just being lazy.
Jack: Or ignorant.
me: Sigh.
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