I would like to find out what are their going rates for April for my husband and I.

http://www.carondebeaumarchais.com/<BR><BR>Better to call or email for current rates and specials.

duh, thanks!

Although some might interpret this message unkindly, it's not meant that way. Nicole, this is the second message where you are using the wrong pronoun. Objects of prepositions ("for" "between" "with") use "me," not "I." To proofread your sentences, just take out the first noun after the preposition (in your sentence, "husband") and you can see if it's right. "For I" doesn't sound right; "for me" would be correct. <BR>

Hey gram...I'd hate to be your husband or kid. Lay off and lighten up. If you have a useful post, great. But to just surf around and post grammatical corrections...suggest you take up a new hobby!

RUKidding: As I said, my remark might be taken unkindly. It's all on how you look at it. In my twenties, I didn't know the difference in the use of "less" and "few." My job involved a lot of public speaking. A very sweet stranger approached me after a talk, took me aside, and took 15 minutes to explain the usage. When one is in a job where knowledge is one's credibility, that 15 minutes added a lot to my credibility!<BR><BR>Since that time, I have made requests of others to correct any other problems that they hear. Some are miniscule. I didn't use the subjunctive correctly for awhile. My error would take more than 15 minutes to explain, but luckily for me, the two people who noticed it were language majors. The correct use of the subjunctive is considered much more important in French, for example, than it is in English. I would not even think of correcting an error like that.<BR><BR>In fact, in my former post, there's a grammatical error. It's not important--it wouldn't ruin my credibility.<BR><BR>Nicole's error, one that has surfaced twice in just a few hours, is easily explained and easily corrected. The spirit in which it was given was the same as the kind man who helped me out all those years ago. <BR><BR>And by the way, RU, it's not so bad being my kid or my husband. Their knowledge of standard English empowers them just as much as knowing which fork and knife to use at the table.

The way corrections are interpreted depends on how you feel about getting that sort of information: do you like being told if your clothing label is sticking out, or you have spinach in your teeth, or you're mispronouncing someone's name? I do, because I'd rather feel slightly foolish for a second than continue the mistake for a longer time, and feeling even more foolish.<BR>But not everyone feels that way.