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let's take a moment to re-educate ourselves.

now, i realize i am not perfect when it comes to grammar and spelling. especially spelling. and yes, i don't usually like to use capitol letters when i type. but i feel it a need to educate the masses on something that truly BUGS me when it's used incorrectly.

let's take a trip back to second grade. remember when our teacher told us that we weren't supposed to be putting ourselves first in a sentence when there were two people in the sentence? for instance, "me and brittni went to the store." that's not polite. so our teacher told us to switch it. then it became "brittni and me went to the store." then teacher explained that we couldn't use me for a subject. think of it. if brittni wasn't there and it was just me, then i couldn't say "me went to the store." you sound stupid.

so we were taught about how we need to use "I" instead. "Brittni and I went to da club."

well, the lesson didn't end there. but i tend to think that most of the second graders stopped listening because the thought of changing all of their sentences to include those new rules boggled them. but guess who didn't stop listening? and who already knew those rules anyway because i had older brothers that liked to be smart and teach me things? ME.

teacher went on to say that you only used I if you were the subject of the sentence. even if there were two people. like "She went to the store with Brittni and I." that doesn't work, people. Not at all. It's "she went to the store with Brittni and me." true story. i'm not lying.

you only use "person and I" when you're the subject. meaning, when you could replace it with "We." Like "We went to the store." You don't use it at the end of sentences. Me is used when it's the object. it's not rude, it's proper. use me when you can replace it with "us." like "she went to the store with us." never would you say "Us went to the store" or "she went to the store with we." but that's what most people say when they use I and me wrong.

get it?

don't worry. i'm pretty sure most of the general public doesn't. it just makes you look stupid, people. i know that you think you're trying to use proper grammar by using "I", but it's making it blatantly obvious that you didn't pay attention in second grade. by trying to use I in place of yourself for everything you're making yourself look stupid. so if that's what you're going for, then fine.

i guess i'll just have to learn how to deal with people who didn't pay attention in second grade and hope to educate the masses about this. until i learn how to do that i'll still judge you and think that you're stupid.