Prince William’s speech

Prince William is not a robot. He makes human errors, just like all of us. The overall message is the important thing.
I fail to understand why some people like to nitpick.

They nitpick because they are republicans, more interested in
that than grammar

Well said henetha. He speaks very much as an ordinary person would. I like that.

Allira

I know exactly what you meant, Maizie.

Such a disingenuous statement, Allira

The very first sentence of the OP stated quite clearly that the message was more important than the grammar.
Not one single post after the first has disagreed.

Ilovecheese

The very first sentence of the OP stated quite clearly that the message was more important than the grammar.
Not one single post after the first has disagreed.

This.

Barleyfields

Well said henetha. He speaks very much as an ordinary person would. I like that.

I'm an 'ordinary person' and I would say 'Mr Maizie and me' in that context.

Oh dear, have I now left the ranks of the 'ordinary'?

MaizieD

Allira

I know exactly what you meant, Maizie.

Such a disingenuous statement, Allira

No, what you said was very clear!

Anniebach

They nitpick because they are republicans, more interested in
that than grammar

That is complete nonsense, Ab

Anniebach

They nitpick because they are republicans, more interested in
that than grammar

What an odd thing to say. I am the OP, so presumably the nitpicker. I am not a republican.

Quote Grandma70s Thu 30-Jan-25 11:44:21
Anniebach
They nitpick because they are republicans, more interested in
that than grammar
What an odd thing to say. I am the OP, so presumably the nitpicker. I am not a republican.

Why speak of ‘heir to the throne’ ?

I mentioned that he is the heir to the throne because that puts him in a conspicuous position, where everything about him, including his speech, is significant. The same things in an ordinary individual would be more likely to pass unnoticed. A certain standard is expected from someone in his position.

I disagree, surely most would be more interested in the content
of the speech, certainly the Holocaust

And the op made that crystal clear.

I doubt the Holocaust survivors listening to the speech considered whether the grammar was absolutely correct. I couldn’t care less if William makes an error. I listen to what he says and the sincerity with which it’s said. I find it hard to believe that this thread was started. Pure point scoring.

Ilovecheese

And the op made that crystal clear.

Thank you. There are people who see what they want to see, which can lead to misinterpretation.

Quote Barleyfields Thu 30-Jan-25 13:04:58
I doubt the Holocaust survivors listening to the speech considered whether the grammar was absolutely correct. I couldn’t care less if William makes an error. I listen to what he says and the sincerity with which it’s said. I find it hard to believe that this thread was started. Pure point scoring.

I so agree, he was speaking of the horrors of the Holocaust, meeting survivors and speaking of his g grandmother and her
work during WW2 when she saved lives of a Jewish Family

I find it very irritating when people say, things like "Tom is coming with Molly and I." The easy way to work it out is miss out the other person in your head. You wouldn't say, " Tom is coming with I," therefore not with, "Molly and I" either. You can do the same with , "Tom and me are going to the pub." You wouldn't say, "Me is going to the pub."

However, I omitted to say, it really was irrelavant in William's speach.

Really, even when speaking of the Holocaust and to survivors of the Holocaust. I very much doubt people experience this
often

It’s easy to work out whether it’s “I” or “me”. Just omit the other person- in this case Catherine. Nobody would say “Thank you from I”. So it’s “me”.

Oh, I agree about the amount of people who don’t say “deteriorate” but instead say “deteriate”. Another annoying one is the number of gardening programmes where the presenter can’t say “foliage” but instead says “folage”. Monty Don is one of them.

Some people pronounce house as hice.

Seems for some it is difficult to remain silent , not find fault even when the slaughter of millions is spoken of,

I find it hard to believe that this thread was started. Pure point scoring.

I don't think you've understood the purpose of the Pedants Corner forum.

It has nothing to do with point scoring or politics. It's for critques of the way the language is being used or misused.

I think it's quite innocuous in comparison with some threads on other forums.

But if it gives posters pleasure to pop in and berate us for not thinking about the right thing at a particular time or to completely misinterpret our motives or to tell us we're wasting our time then so be it. I doubt if it will change anyone's opinions.