Sinister: Grammar (yawn) and tigermilk rerelease

[Mark Iles]

>>and one last thing, amelia has remembered roughly how to do the 'she and me'
>>thing;
>>"Did Sarah have dinner with Jeffrey that night, or was it she and me?"
>>
>>"I think you need to set up the sentence with a clear subject and object and
>>then substitute in the she and me for these in a second clause."
>
>Nope, this doesn't work; it should be "...or was it she and I?". The trick
>here is to reverse the order of the fragments, making it "It was she and
>I," which is correct.

Sorry to keep this grammar thread going, but I'd say that's still wrong. I
think it should be "...or was it her and me?" Because , if you take out the
"she" you get "... or was it me?" which makes sense whether or not you
reverse the order of the sentence. "... or was it I?" sounds silly.

Then again in that "Who Killed Cock Robin" poem thing, you have the line
"It was I, said the sparrow". But I reckon that's probably wrong, too.

On a more Belle and Sebastian-related note, I was wondering about the
rerelease of Tigermilk. When it comes out next year (because I'm convinced
it will) there's bound to be a vinyl version available. But does anyone
know whether this will be identical to the original release? I'm guessing
it'll be at least slightly different (even if the cover picture is the
same) because it'll have Jeepster's name on it for one. Which means that
the original will still stay pretty expensive, no? Probably not as
ludicrously expensive as it has been recently, but it'll still be the one
which all of the "collecters" will want to get hold of. It's a shame
really, because I think it would be dead funny if the new release looked
identical to the original so that all those copies that had sold for 200
quid and more would suddenly be reduced in worth to about a tenner. Anyone
who'd bought the record because they were desperate to hear it and were
devoted fans would still have their money's worth since they'll have had it
a while by now and knowing that it's the original it will have sentimental
value, whereas it would be one in the eye for all those who were buying it
as some kind of 'investment'. If only, eh...

What does anyone else think.


				Mark


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