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-... the most irritating thing to we military people. 

-... designed for you and I. 

-... impertinent people, which, between you and I Jack, are so numerous. 

-... there's an awfully lot of methane and ammonia in the universe. 

-I once had a dentist who never failed to say "open widely." 

-... because he tested positively for steroids. 

-All three lamps are pure brass, and not brass plated, as some similar
looking products. 

-He asked if he were apprehensive.

Scott Catledge
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Date:    Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:25:46 -0400
From:    Dick Veit <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: hypercorrection examples

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ATEGers:

I'm looking for *other* examples of hypercorrection in English besides "and
I" (as in "between you and I")? That's the example I invariably hear. Are
there others?

For those not familiar with the term, hypercorrection involves speakers
overextending a legitimate correction ("Jane and me are hungry" to "Jane and
I are hungry") to the point that they "correct" perfectly standard forms
(like "Mom fed Jane and me") thereby making them nonstandard ("Mom fed Jane
and I").

Perhaps an overuse of "whom" in a mistaken attempt to be correct might be
another example, as when a student writes, "...the Russians, whom we thought
were our enemies,..." Others?

Dick Veit

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