Right George, Often wondered if, "me" is avoided due to the "me generation"? "It needs fixed!" ;>) What happened to "to be"? These both irritate me. Cousin Julie ----- Original Message Follows ----- > >.... For heaven's sake, when > the personal pronoun for "me/I" is preceded by "for", or > any other such qualifier, the proper usage is "me", not > "I". You don't say "for I" (as in "for him and I"), do > you? Or with "I"? (As "with him and I".) Our American > English grammar has fallen into the same old pit of > ignorance that ... > Not from the List Admin, but just from me, a stickler for > proper usage of English. It may not mean anything as far > as genealogy research is concerned, but it just grates on > my soul to see supposedly educated people butchering our > language. If people can't do anything else, they could at > least consult an English Grammar booklet and find out when > the pronouns "I/Me", "He/Him", "She/Her", "They/Them", > etc., should be used. There's no excuse for ignorance. > > George