a bit off topic but it reminds me of when I was taking down my dads shopping list last week and putting it into my shopping list phone app. Dad was talking to me just as I was talking into the mic and I was saying ‘toilet rolls’ but for some reason it typed out bottom smacking toilet rolls? what the heck, oh my goodness me and dad were in stitches and couldn’t stop laughing. Also I said ‘cheese spread’ and it typed ‘please spread’ LOL
I have no idea why my phone put bottom smacking but it gave me and my 88 year old daddy a damn good laugh.
That is exactly the way I always explained this to my children. And the other one, whether to use John and I or John and me - always remove ‘John and’ to see if it still makes sense:
John and me went to the shops
Me went to the shops. (clearly wrong)
John and I went to the shops
I went to the shops (clearly right).
Or:
Look what Grandma gave John and I
Look what Grandma gave I (clearly wrong)
Look what Grandma gave John and me
Look what Grandma gave me (clearly right)
Do you ever wonder what members voices sound like
I had to make a quick video for a real expensive mower for some land we purchased just a while ago…it stopped working
I’ve created and proofread many millions of words in my work over 55 years in the printing trade and never use it’s unless it is shorted for ‘it is’.
It would seem to be very difficult for some people. The ubiquitous apostrophe has long been an area of considerable difficulty, so difficult now in the ‘modern ways’ that it is being omitted rather than discover the correct usage. That is such a shame really as it is not that difficult in most instances.
