cool breeze, huevos, and others: Thank you so much for the thoughtful responses. One last question about my earlier example ("...guys like we/us"): Can someone please explain why "like" is a preposition in that sentence and not

I am of course liberal enough not to object to anyone being opposed to using like as a conjunction. I am just wondering WHY? Hi CB. Maybe it depends on how you use your language. If you're a salesman, you must be alert to the language of your

When the majority of native speakers prefer an incorrect usage, grammarians respond. Avangi, I couldn't agree more! You have arrived at the nitty-gritty of language ! (Zero article!) That's the only way it happens, no matter what usage

My mother was English, but born in Quebec, so spoke a little French. My personal habits are born more of age than of national origin.

" Like " is a preposition so follows that rule. But "Than" is not. We who are pretentious and supercilious salute you. Faux -prepositions, beware.

What might the implied verb be? Avangi, I don't want to get into that with this sentence. For the reason why, read my point to Raen below. " Like " is a preposition so follows that rule. But to give you an idea what I mean about

They eventually learn that "you and me" is bad English. So when they need to say "between you and me," they hypercorrect it to "between you and I," because the objective case sounds wrong to their ears. So it's

[Do you mean opinion different from one person to the next, or "one grammar book" to the next? Language is constantly changing - especially English. Grammarians disagree constantly, as Huevos has said. Consider the expression,

Guys like (they/them) have no idea what to do with girls like (we/us). In my opinion, if the verb is only implied use the objective pronoun, and if the verb is present use the nominative.In your sentence the verb is implied. Hi, Huevos. I'm

if the verb is only implied use the objective pronoun, and if the verb is present use the nominative.In your sentence the verb is implied. Huevo, could you be kind enough to expound on that, even now I don't think I have a clear and