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<blockquote data-quote="Dick Rees" data-source="post: 32485" data-attributes="member: 16">Re: Unbelievable!Hammer....I had it &quot;hammered&quot; into me at a tender age.&nbsp; You simply use a substitution to check proper usage.&nbsp; Try this:I am a teacher.Me are (am) (is) a teacher.Now which seems correct?Beyond that it is a matter of the agreement of subject and verb.&nbsp; &quot;I&quot; is the subject.&nbsp; &quot;Me&quot; is the object.I am a teacher. My wife and I are teachers.&nbsp; This was taught to me at an early age.In the spirit of Andy and the apostrophe police.........DREdit:John Jakes returned to his home town in Arkansas after a semester at the University.&nbsp; When his family attended church that Sunday, the minister proudly announced his return, speaking glowingly of the community pride felt in his achievements.&nbsp; The preacher said, &quot;Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, today we welcome back a member of our flock who is on the way to great accomplishments.&nbsp; John Jakes, won&#039;t you please come up and share with us the fruits of your education?&quot;John blushed a bit and headed up to join the pastor.&nbsp; As he reached the pulpit the preacher said, &quot; John, please say something to us in algebra.&quot;&nbsp; Not wanting to disappoint the preacher, John gamely responded, &quot;Pi r square.&quot;The preacher was astonished.&quot;John, it appears that they&#039;ve failed you down in Little Rock.&nbsp; Any fool knows that pie are round, cornbread are square!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dick Rees, post: 32485, member: 16"] Re: Unbelievable! Hammer.... I had it "hammered" into me at a tender age. You simply use a substitution to check proper usage. Try this: I am a teacher. Me are (am) (is) a teacher. Now which seems correct? Beyond that it is a matter of the agreement of subject and verb. "I" is the subject. "Me" is the object. [b]I am[/b] a teacher. [b] My wife and I are[/b] teachers. This was [b]taught to me[/b] at an early age. In the spirit of Andy and the apostrophe police......... DR Edit: John Jakes returned to his home town in Arkansas after a semester at the University. When his family attended church that Sunday, the minister proudly announced his return, speaking glowingly of the community pride felt in his achievements. The preacher said, "Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, today we welcome back a member of our flock who is on the way to great accomplishments. John Jakes, won't you please come up and share with us the fruits of your education?" John blushed a bit and headed up to join the pastor. As he reached the pulpit the preacher said, " John, please say something to us in algebra." Not wanting to disappoint the preacher, John gamely responded, "Pi r square." The preacher was astonished. "John, it appears that they've failed you down in Little Rock. Any fool knows that pie are round, cornbread are square!" [/QUOTE]

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