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- grammar - Jon and I or Jon and me? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In the one referring to you, if 'me' sounds correct, use 'Jon and me', if 'I' works, use 'Jon and I' A couple of examples to illustrate: He gave the money to Jon and (I me) Try it using only you: He gave the money to me As you can see, 'me' is the winner because using 'I' here would be horrid Jon and (I me) are going to see a play
- Is it acceptable to drop the comma in Thanks, John?
It is acceptable to drop the comma Searching the following sources for "Thanks [noun]" (where possible), or "Thanks John" (where not) reveals that both are in extremely common use:
- etymology - Why is a bathroom sometimes called a john? - English . . .
The straight dope has an answer to this question printed in 1985 The origins of referring to the outhouse as "john" or "jake" evidently goes back to the 16th-century
- How to use the term carbon copy in business emails?
As per Jon Hanna's second example, you can also use this parenthetically: My manager (copied) will need to provide approval My manager (copied in) will need to provide approval As per MT_Head's comment you may also see "copy on", although to me it sounds more natural to use "copy in on": I've copied my manager on this email as
- punctuation - Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good . . .
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- “John Doe”, “Jane Doe” - Why are they used many times?
John Doe is very generic, rolls off the tongue, and in colloquy is not easily mistaken for a known person, like "John Smith" might be (there was at least one very famous John Smith, and though that name is commonly equated with anonymity the usage is less formal)
- You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information
The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the people you could contact for information
- Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from?
Location-based folk etymologies I am not persuaded by the claim (evidently proposed by the Online Rap Dictionary some 37 years after the earliest instance of jones that Lighter cites) that jones originally alluded to Jones Alley in Manhattan
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