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.

What annoys me more is all the women over a certain age being introduced as "mum of one / two / three / whatever, _" in the voiceover. I'm probably on the wrong forum to say this but I don't think women should be defined by their children.

The clue is in the spelling, icimoi. Tur-mer-ic. Not a sniff of a tumour.

TedandLola I think I might be a "battling gran" in media-speak!

My loathing of Greg Wallace knows no bounds, purely for pronouncing chocolate "chock-lit" like a fucking big bald toddler.

I think John is coping off with personality void Lisa Faulkner so he can just talk at her.

I only watch MC in the hope that someone will find something the two tosser are allergic to and they go into synchronised anaphylaxis only to be saved by some serious mouth to mouth by a really unattractive woman for Greg and anyone who dares go near John and his Lizard Licking Tongue.

I usually struggle with pedantry threads but this is very funny.

tricky, I reckon that was Sam Cam trying it on, thinking it will make her sound down-to-earth.

lol at title of thread.

Am I the only one who shouts every time a contestant says Enjoy! And then leaves the room? Every time I add "it" or "your food" or "your meal", surely enjoy is not a complete sentence grrrrrr!

Especially at the "not at all lighthearted" part.

less/fewer drives me insane.

talking of TV chefs though, even St. Delia is bad at things she of all people should know - she insists there is a chickpea dip called who-moose and calls bal-sam-ic vinegar bas-all-mic. Grrrr!!

Thank you OP, I love Masterchef but the "cooking for Greg and I" is like nails on chalkboard. John," I shout at the telly, "would you say cook it for I?" Must get a life.

I knew it was a lost cause when I heard Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock use "I" when he should have used "me". (I can't remember the exact sentence.) Clearly, I held him to a higher standard than other actors/characters. My friend and I discussed at length whether or not the actor mis-spoke or read the line as written. And, if he read the line as written, why did he not correct them? Was he being polite?

This was all before he got married.

I do a lot of shouting at the tv for these kinds of errors, but the very worst ones are errors in scripts like Sherlock, where the character is supposed to be exceptionally erudite and well-educated.

It happens all the time in Elementary, too. Jonny Lee Miller's character makes various references to his upbringing and education and also to using linguistics/grammar of suspects as a deductive device and then makes errors like 'I' or 'myself' for 'me' and 'less' for 'fewer' all the time.

I'm still laughing at the example "Greg and I are tossers"

Thanks OP, this thread has cheered me up immensely.

Jeanne, yes, you are probably right. She actually said it twice. Andylion, I remember that too. Another one who should know better.

HmmAnOxfordComma I hate hate hate people using "myself" or "yourself" where "me" or "you" will do. A pharmacy assistant said to me "I don't have a prescription here for yourself" in the week

And what's with all this 'Better than half-price' rubbish? Lots of things are better than half-price. Makes no sense at all.

And I've just heard a Tesco advert announcing it now!

It's 'between you and ME'!

Just dropping in here. Thank god the dds have gone off One Direction as this track drives me crazy.

I get shivers of rage and fury when I hear the contestants saying 'I'm doing/making A pan-fried slab of rat-arse". What's wrong with just saying I'm making/doing pan-fried slab of rat-arse. Why A????? And me agrees with iknowimcoming about "Enjoy!".

Me mustn't get started on myself, yourself. Utter shite!

I'm doing/making A pan-fried slab of rat-arse

I don't see what's wrong with this. Isn't the "A" signifying there's only going to be one pan-fried slab of rat-arse?

'Having caramelised the onions, they're now ready to go on the pastry base'. Etc.

But but but you could say

"Me and John cooked a battered sausage" couldn't you? Or couldn't you?

"I and John cooked a battered sausage" would be ridiculous.

"Me and John cooked a battered sausage" couldn't you? Or couldn't you?

You could, but you would be wrong.

"I and John cooked a battered sausage" would be ridiculous.^

It's "John and I cooked a battered sausage".