teflsecretagent
New member
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2011
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Welsh
- Home Country
- Wales
- Current Location
- Rwanda
I'm curious if there are any special constructions or idioms whereby object or subject pronouns swap.
For example, I hear many people say 'Janet and I' instead of 'Janet and me'
and I also think that in passive voice it sounds ok to mix pronouns slightly, another example
'The work was done by I' - I know this is not correct but when I was living in Birmingham England, I was sure I heard expressions like this all the time!
Are there any well known idioms which disobey subject/object pronoun rules?
For example, I hear many people say 'Janet and I' instead of 'Janet and me'
and I also think that in passive voice it sounds ok to mix pronouns slightly, another example
'The work was done by I' - I know this is not correct but when I was living in Birmingham England, I was sure I heard expressions like this all the time!
Are there any well known idioms which disobey subject/object pronoun rules?