In the meantime, Rope #1: learn the language of the country of which you may become Queen.
She admitted joining the Royal Family was a “daunting prospect” but she added: “Hopefully I’ll take it in my stride.”
Of course, she might have simply meant that she will take it in her stride in a hopeful manner. In which case, no wuz.
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Now you know I'm as pedantic as the next grammar snob, but "hopefully" is one of the grammar shifts for which I will not be dying in a ditch.
However, if she says "less" when she means "fewer"? Let me at her.
Me for dying in a ditch for both. Actually I wouldn't die in a ditch for either individually, but for a widespread general understanding of the mechanics of grammar and the vastly clearer and more interesting sentences that would flow from that, yes.
Kids these days. I blame the parents.
All she need learn is "My husband and I" and the rest will come easily
cheers
B Smith
She probably says 'Me and Wills is getting married, and us is so glad.'
I've long since abandoned hope about "hopefully", but still hold on tragically to lie/lay and homogenous/homogeneous differentiation. A publishing house I once worked for specified "focussed". Cheeses!
Ooh, no, she'd never say 'me and Wills' -- have you heard her accent? She's been groomed by her middle-class parents to be a toff, and she's got the perfect royal accent. Every nouveau riche businessman's dream, this is, his little princess actually becoming one. All those school fees paid off handsomely, great investment, etc. ;)
she does overuse 'like', proper accent and all.
Amusing (and probably spot on) analysis here...
http://middleclasshandbook.squarespace.com/journal/2010/11/17/how-the-royals-are-making-middle-class-kate-into-an-upper.html
cheers
B Smith
She hopes she will take it in her stride. Sounds fine to me. At least she didn't say "decimate" at any point. I'm sure she'll do just fine.
Chris, it was a joke about 'hopefully', which is a bugbear of grammar nerds and which is constantly misused like this ... which is why it sounds fine to you. 'Hopefully' means 'in a hopeful manner', not 'it is to be hoped that'.
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Ampersand Duck, I once heard Princess anne's daughter say 'me and so and so, so having an upper class accent is not guarantee of good grammar.
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