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  • #21
    Originally posted by nairi
    This isn't so much about what your books say, but about how YOU speak and YOUR native speaker intuition. Which would you be more likely to use, regardless of what the books say? And with what meaning?

    You're on the right track though, but there's a bit more. The first sentence is ambiguous. Maybe the second is too.

    Well, as I said for the first example, I would use them both depending on what I'm trying to say. For the second one, I'd just say I went for a walk with her. Which is another way of saying "I and her went for a walk".

    You got more? hehe

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    • #22
      There's no point. I'm just wondering how you use language. Do you really say: "You and I should go swimming"? Or are you more tempted to say: "You and me should go swimming"? If so, why?

      You can extend the same to the first sentences above. Is "He likes you more than I" used at all? Do you use it? Or would you simply say: "He likes you more than me" to mean both?

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      • #23
        isnt it easier to say
        WE went for a walk?

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        • #24
          Originally posted by nairi
          You can extend the same to the first sentences above. Is "He likes you more than I" used at all? Do you use it? Or would you simply say: "He likes you more than me" to mean both?
          no, I would use them both depending on what I mean. But if I mean the first one, I would just continue the sentence with two more words of "like you" and save the person from an unnecessary confusion.

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          • #25
            Sorry, didn't read the above

            No, I really didn't know, magdalinka!

            One more:

            The person with the longest hair was me.
            I was the person with the longest hair.

            The people with the longest hair were you and I.
            You and I were the people with the longest hair.

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            • #26
              Originally posted by nairi
              Sorry, didn't read the above

              No, I really didn't know, magdalinka!

              One more:

              The person with the longest hair was me.
              I was the person with the longest hair.

              The people with the longest hair were you and I.
              You and I were the people with the longest hair.
              Second ones in both sentences, I think.

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              • #27
                Why?

                ......

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by nairi
                  Sorry, didn't read the above

                  No, I really didn't know, magdalinka!

                  One more:

                  The person with the longest hair was me.
                  I was the person with the longest hair.

                  The people with the longest hair were you and I.
                  You and I were the people with the longest hair.
                  all i have to say is that the SAT II writing test does NOT think all of those are correct. so if anyone here is still in high school and cant figure out which is right, then he/she better hit the books.

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by thedebutante
                    all i have to say is that the SAT II writing test does NOT think all of those are correct. so if anyone here is still in high school and cant figure out which is right, then he/she better hit the books.
                    Coooooooooookie. Patseeeeeek!
                    Achkerov kute.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by nairi
                      Why?

                      ......
                      dear Nairi, I cant really tell when you are serious and when you are not.lol

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