ABOUT GRAMMAR: Ok, fist (hahahahha...sigh) things first. This is a fact now. The form people use today is, as you all well know, "It is me", not "It is I". How do I know, being a Finn and all? Well, I tried to get in to the University of Helsinki last year to study english, and I had to read this pretty funny book about the use of the english language. Not too many pictures in that book, but I managed to read it through. Anyhow, one of the things the writer talked about was just that "It is I/It is me"-thing. Let me explain this now, once and for all, so you don't have to fight about it anymore: "It is me" is the form people use now. "It is I" was in use about a 100 years ago. Well, all languages change. So did english, and for some reason "It is I" became "It is me". The form "It is I" can still be used, but what's the point in that? It sounds clumsy, doesn't it? But some time ago some professors and other wanks in the UK started to fight about the use of the english language. They said that "It is me" sounded clumsy and is used by ignorant and lower class people, so it should be replaced with the older, more noble form, "It is I". All the hell broke loose. The professors were made ridicilous after someone wrote a letter to them and told them that "My name is John" sounded soething like "G'hilt no John" about 700 years ago in England. Maybe they should fight for that too? After all, if they fought for "It is I" so much, why stop there? Hmm, I just read what I had written and it seems a bit confusing. Hope this helped someone, though. @--->--- a rose, love and other pretty things, jarkko fräntilä, waiting for the evening. It's friday, you know. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+