Librarians love Liquor
on Sep 30 in Librarians in popular culture, Librarianship, Life, San Francisco, Second Life by Erica FirmentIn which I write about my evening as though it appeared in a social column:
Librarians-turned-Software-Goons Sarah Dilling and Erica Olsen spent the evening discussing religion, the raising of rhetorically skilled children, and workplace mentoring this evening over mojitos at local bistro Luna Park. Rumor has it that the field of software development pays more than *twice* that of Librarianship, and offers larger amounts of free food. Where will this double dose of database-discussing debutantes appear next?
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So. How do I get into software development?
If any serious grammarians are reading this, I have something of a puzzle to solve – one that has so far perplexed several people with degrees in English.
Basically, it concerns a sentence of this form:
(Independent clause): X buying cranberries, Y buying sun-dried tomatoes.
Where X is a young woman and Y is me.
Which of these is correct?
* she buying organic cranberries, me buying sun-dried tomatoes
* she buying organic cranberries, I buying sun-dried tomatoes
* her buying organic cranberries, me buying sun-dried tomatoes
* her buying organic cranberries, I buying sun-dried tomatoes
My first instinct was (her/me), but I decided (she/me) made more sense upon further reflection.
Dude — it can’t be she/me. Ever.
That said, given the nature of your dependent clauses, it sounds as if you need she/I.
I’m willing to concede that there might exist a situation in which her/me would be appropriate, but I can’t actually imagine one.