The Little Things'Hullo chaps', bellows Richard McBeef, of 'the internet' fame. My boss has managed to make 'shown' into a two syllable word and it drives me round the fucking bend. Tell us about the little things that people around you do, which annoy you for more than they rationally should. Vent your spleen.
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I'm going to hazard a guess here,and say that you're probably annoyed by people who pick up the telephone and say "This is he."
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.Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 29 Mar 2016, 19:28,
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Why do people say,"This is he"?I get that he is correct because the nominative case always comes after the verb to be, but surely it should be "This is I," because the person is speaking about theirself.
I've just realised their is no singular, third person, neuter, reflexive pronoun in English, but I'm sticking with theirself.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sat 2 Apr 2016, 0:38,
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