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Thread #127788   Message #2854794
Posted By: MGM·Lion
03-Mar-10 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: Poor grammar in lyrics
Subject: RE: Poor grammar in lyrics
'Between you & I' is indeed a solecism, since 'between, as a preposition, takes the accusative. But there is, alas, respectable Bardic precedent for it: Antonio's letter to Bassanio, Merchant of Venice III ii, "... all debts are cleared between you and I if I might but see you at my death." It must be all right if it's Shax, as they say ~~ but this is till a usage I avoid like the plague!