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Nathan Burke or "me"

Post: # 455293Post Enrico_Misso »

"Send Nathan Burke or me the enclosed proxy".
"Give Nathan Burke or me your support".

Maybe this is a bit pedantic but when I went to school it was "Nathan Burke or I" or "Nathan Burke or myself".

"Nathan Burke or me" is what you would expect from an undereducated Collingwood or Port supporter, not a President of our club. :shock: :shock:


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Post: # 455296Post chook23 »

noted that yesterday

also in thread mentioned the obvious use of a club icon name........but thats politics


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Send the form to Nathan Burke.

Send the form to me.

So it is "Send the form to Nathan Burke or me".

You can pick the Victorians!!!


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Post: # 455303Post doggerel »

Enrico_Misso wrote:"Send Nathan Burke or me the enclosed proxy".
"Give Nathan Burke or me your support".

Maybe this is a bit pedantic but when I went to school it was "Nathan Burke or I" or "Nathan Burke or myself".

"Nathan Burke or me" is what you would expect from an undereducated Collingwood or Port supporter, not a President of our club. :shock: :shock:
What school did you go to Enrico? Summer Heights High?

"Nathan Burke or me" is correct. "Nathan Burke or I" is not.


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Post: # 455315Post Enrico_Misso »

doggerel wrote:
Enrico_Misso wrote:"Send Nathan Burke or me the enclosed proxy".
"Give Nathan Burke or me your support".

Maybe this is a bit pedantic but when I went to school it was "Nathan Burke or I" or "Nathan Burke or myself".

"Nathan Burke or me" is what you would expect from an undereducated Collingwood or Port supporter, not a President of our club. :shock: :shock:
What school did you go to Enrico? Summer Heights High?

"Nathan Burke or me" is correct. "Nathan Burke or I" is not.

A single mother from the Broady estate might say "Me partner an me".

Whereas the Queen would say "My husband and I".

We speak the Queen's English do we not ?


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Post: # 455316Post cowboy18 »

I think the me is part of the object for the verb so me is OK?


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Post: # 455324Post Brewer »

CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).


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Ah, a monarchist to boot!

Resorting to the Royal "I".

Or is that the Royal "wee"?

No doubt you have penned this whilst sitting down!

Now that would be productivity - with a capital "P".


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Post: # 455326Post cowboy18 »

Brewer wrote:CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).
That's confusing - so did you go the pub with Burkey or not? :D


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Post: # 455328Post StSteven »

Nathan Burke is going to the movies.

I am going to the movies.

Nathan Burke and I are going to the movies BUT send the forms to Nathan Burke or me!


PS try to explain to a non english speaker the pronunciation of "ough" as in

cough
although
tough
thought
bough
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Post: # 455329Post Mr Magic »

cowboy18 wrote:
Brewer wrote:CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).
That's confusing - so did you go the pub with Burkey or not? :D
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Post: # 455332Post Brewer »

cowboy18 wrote:
Brewer wrote:CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).
That's confusing - so did you go the pub with Burkey or not? :D
How many times do I have to say this?

Burkey and I went to the pub, and now we need support. 8-)


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Post: # 455344Post joffaboy »

StSteven wrote: cough
although
tough
thought
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Yoiu watched "I Love Lucy" last night didn't you? Ricky Riccardo was having all sorts of issues :D


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Post: # 455347Post riccardo »

I think any documents like this has to be in legal language, dosen't it?

Maybe its right from that stand point?


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Post: # 455378Post Armoooo »

Yea I was a bit confused by that aswell because "Nathan Burke or Me"
seems like the sort of thing you would have got told off for saying in primary school, but "Nathan Burke or I" also seems wrong, the only thing that I could think of that sounds right is "Nathan Burke or Myself"

Anyway it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong because either way Westaway's use of language is still better than Bedwell's...


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Post: # 455408Post Saint Bev »

Brewer wrote:
cowboy18 wrote:
Brewer wrote:CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).
That's confusing - so did you go the pub with Burkey or not? :D
How many times do I have to say this?

Burkey and I went to the pub, and now we need support. 8-)
Burkey is no fun go to the pub with, he doesn't drink! :wink:


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Post: # 455413Post Brewer »

Saint Bev wrote:
Burkey is no fun go to the pub with, he doesn't drink! :wink:
Sh*t - so who did I lend $50 to?


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Post: # 455430Post St Chris »

Armoooo wrote:Yea I was a bit confused by that aswell because "Nathan Burke or Me"
seems like the sort of thing you would have got told off for saying in primary school, but "Nathan Burke or I" also seems wrong, the only thing that I could think of that sounds right is "Nathan Burke or Myself"

Anyway it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong because either way Westaway's use of language is still better than Bedwell's...
Reckon he should have used:

"...forms to Nathan Burke or to me"
or
"...forms to Nathan Burke or to myself"

Could have saved some precious thread space....


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Post: # 455456Post Unforgiven »

reguardless of weather it is gramatically correct or not, I disliked the way it was worded.


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Post: # 455461Post StSteven »

Saint Bev wrote:
Brewer wrote:
cowboy18 wrote:
Brewer wrote:CORRECT:
Burkey and I went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and I went to the pub)
Support Burkey and me (= support Burkey and support me)

INCORRECT:
Burkey and me went to the pub (= Burkey went to the pub and me went to the pub)
Support Burkey and I (= support Burkey and support I).
That's confusing - so did you go the pub with Burkey or not? :D
How many times do I have to say this?

Burkey and I went to the pub, and now we need support. 8-)
Burkey is no fun go to the pub with, he doesn't drink! :wink:

That's why we went to the movies.
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Post: # 455602Post n1ck »

'Nathan Burke or me' is grammatically correct in that context.

To have said Nathan Burke or I would have been wrong, and unprofessional.


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Post: # 455609Post satchmo »

Saint Corin wrote:reguardless of weather it is gramatically correct or not, I disliked the way it was worded.
Yeah, and the whether is a problem too for the gards... :wink:


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Post: # 455634Post saint patrick »

Enrico_Misso wrote:
doggerel wrote:
Enrico_Misso wrote:"Send Nathan Burke or me the enclosed proxy".
"Give Nathan Burke or me your support".

Maybe this is a bit pedantic but when I went to school it was "Nathan Burke or I" or "Nathan Burke or myself".

"Nathan Burke or me" is what you would expect from an undereducated Collingwood or Port supporter, not a President of our club. :shock: :shock:
What school did you go to Enrico? Summer Heights High?

"Nathan Burke or me" is correct. "Nathan Burke or I" is not.

A single mother from the Broady estate might say "Me partner an me".

Whereas the Queen would say "My husband and I".

We speak the Queen's English do we not ?
Oh dearie me...yes this is a major issue...we can't have a mere commoner as president...especially someone who has made in good in trucking/transport...hardly Law or Medicine is it!!!!!

Give me a freaking break... :roll:


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riccardo wrote:I think any documents like this has to be in legal language, dosen't it?

Maybe its right from that stand point?
You think any documents like this have to be in legal language, don't they?

No, they don't. Clear and simple language is fine.

"Nathan Burke or me" makes zero difference in that respect, but is nevertheless correct English ("Nathan Burke or I" is incorrect).

My concern is paragraph 9.

'"Million dollar profits" sound great to the supporters, but where it has been achieved mainly by reducing costs rather than making more money; that we were bottom in 2006 in revenue in the AFL; that our revenue has hardly grown in the last few years, you realise it's not as good as it sounds.'

Omitted words, subject-verb confusion, fragmented sentences ... it's a farking dog's breakfast.

And what's with the multiple pixelated photographs of Nathan Burke (not to mention Bromberg and Klim)? Could they not have got their hands on a camera and taken a quick headshot of Burke in a shirt and tie?


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Enrico_Misso wrote:
Whereas the Queen would say "My husband and I".
Whereas the Queen would say "My husband and I...... will be supporting the St Kilda Footy First group..... and do not wish to receive any suggestions to do otherwise".


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