Barriers between you and I?

Language Log 2025-10-08

Summary:

In "'Between you and I'" (10/5/2025), I quoted three theories that Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage offers as possible explanations for the confusion over "between you and I" vs. "between you and me". The third of those theories cites Noam Chomsky, whose work is not usually part of usage discussion: Another possible explanation (unnoticed […]

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Tags:

usage

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

10/08/2025, 11:31

Date published:

10/08/2025, 07:55