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[QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 3370459, member: 4623"]
My bugaboos are "different than" and "between you and I" (or any use of "I" as an object.)  Both incorrect usages are today nearly universal, even among professional writers and speakers.

As to "different than," does a man differ[U] than[/U] a woman?  No, a man differs [U]from[/U] a woman.  So please don't say a man is different [U]than [/U]a woman.  It is entirely meaningless and an affront to the ear.  (True, the British say a man is different[U] to[/U] a woman, but the British have been in decline for some years now.)

As to "between you and I," ask yourself if you would say, "between you, I and the fencepost?"  Probably not.  Worse is an expression such as, "It was a private disagreement, just between she and I."  This sounds so proper and educated as compared to "It was a private disagreement, just between her and me."  The sad fact is that the proper use of the objective is so rare these days that it sounds incorrect.  You run the risk of being thought a rube by using correct grammar.  Sigh.

And don't get me started on the double "is."  The fact is is that ..."
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