to wish someone would teach those bloody Masterchef presenters about the correct use of pronouns? (not in the least lighthearted)

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If John Torode says "I want to you cook something delicious for Greg and I" once more, I will fling a fucking fondant at the telly.

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one!

Pedanticists untie!

"Pedants.

Sorry teeste, me could not resist.

Pff, Sunny, you're pendanticism has no affect on I!

oh your awful teeste, myself thinks.

The most awfullest, definately.

Hurrah...my spiritual home.

It's the Gladstone Brookes advert... "hundreds of pounds owed to people like you and I"

I shout at him every time. I'm almost inclined to email the company to tell them.

Yus, that's it, Dido, I thought it was Irvin Summat.

I'm inclined to phone and tell them there's no way they'd get my business coz of their crap grammar.

They'll be shaking in their boots.

I can't bear the pair of them! They are ruining this series of Masterchef for me. I cringe every time GW starts talking.

I would much rather Monica & Michel Roux jr presented the show.

chaos, if you do and I do, that may halve their potential consumer base.

Arf, Dido.

They'll be SUNK without us.

I was on a training course last week where the (otherwise lovely) trainer constantly referred to the trainees as "yourselves". By the end of the course I had gouged deep wounds into my own hands, like Michael Caine in The Ipcress Files

Yanbu.

I also have ishooos with incorrect use of myself, less/fewer, amount/number and specifically in the case of MC, John's pronunciation of "jennumn" (meaning men-folk).

Pedants unite, pasbeaucoupdegendarmes ;)

I and I wan the Rastafari to cook nicely for I.

It's fine.

When I started a thread about lose and loose, I was redirected to Pedant's Corner. Why are you so special, OP?

I always have to shout at the screen when anyone says 'for Greg and I' or similar . But I was also surprised to hear Samantha Cameron say 'Me and the children will be supporting David' during the 'kitchen' interview. There must have been plenty of money spent on her education; she should know better.

They are a pair of arseholes. Who cares about their grammar?

While we're at it, I hate jewellery being pronounced as "joolery"
And breathe...

I would like to boil the heads of Messrs Torodoe and Wallace and service them up on a bed of steamed coconut rice.

US English is a bit pedantic about it but in UK English either is okay.

In the US, it is "learned."

"Why does it matter?"

Because the world is getting smaller, and not everyone is a native speaker, or has a fluent enough grasp of the language, to auto-correct.

Also, using the standard form of the language keeps attention on what you are saying rather than diverting effort into figuring out what was meant.

IMO, you can say what you like but don't try to argue that it is correct.

In ordinary spoken language I think it's fine to be sloppy but more effort should be made when presenting TV or writing.

It's the Gladstone Brookes advert... "hundreds of pounds owed to people like you and I" I shout at him every time. I'm almost inclined to email the company to tell them.

Don't bother. I tried that with Finish when they had a huge campaign on the TV and promotional material all over supermarkets that mentioned 'less chemicals'.

No reply.

Which is the correct pronunciation, tyoumeric or tur-metric?