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In reply to the discussion: Aaaaaaargh!! I hate being a grammar cop!!!! [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)I asked her why she didn't correct her kids when they said things like "Me and Laura are going to do this". She rather airily said, "Oh they'll learn the correct usage by example." My sister herself did correctly say things like, "Laura and I are going to do this." But she was totally wrong that her kids would pick up the correct usage.
I was quite fierce with my two about correct usage, including lie and lay. Oddly enough, my two speak correctly as in the example above or with lie and lay. Her kids, not so much.
I have no grandchildren, and probably never will, alas. But if I did, you'd be sure that if I ever spent more than five minutes with them I'd be correcting their grammar and usage.
Also, it is glaringly obvious that the schools simply don't teach these things any more.