Comment Bad Grammar! (Score 1) 308
To be a nitpicky prick:
"My Compost Bin and I" should be "My Compost Bin and Me". Proper usage of the pronoun "I" has been drilled into everyone's skull ad nauseum, so much so that people are starting to believe that it is inappropriate to use "me" in any context. "Me" is a perfectly usable pronoun! Use it!
The same thing has happened with the pronoun "myself", which utterly disgusts me. For example, people say, "You can come to John or myself with any questions you may have." That is revolting, and this is just basic grammar I'm talking about. You wouldn't try to use the . operator on a pointer, would you?
And of course there are the all spelling mistakes and uses of the wrong homonyms, typical of any Slashdot posting.
By the way, congratulations on building yourself a composter. You're only the 9 billionth person to own one. I hope your confidence doesn't crash too hard when you find it has no effect whatsoever on your sex appeal.
"My Compost Bin and I" should be "My Compost Bin and Me". Proper usage of the pronoun "I" has been drilled into everyone's skull ad nauseum, so much so that people are starting to believe that it is inappropriate to use "me" in any context. "Me" is a perfectly usable pronoun! Use it!
The same thing has happened with the pronoun "myself", which utterly disgusts me. For example, people say, "You can come to John or myself with any questions you may have." That is revolting, and this is just basic grammar I'm talking about. You wouldn't try to use the . operator on a pointer, would you?
And of course there are the all spelling mistakes and uses of the wrong homonyms, typical of any Slashdot posting.
By the way, congratulations on building yourself a composter. You're only the 9 billionth person to own one. I hope your confidence doesn't crash too hard when you find it has no effect whatsoever on your sex appeal.
