Fan Correction: Conan's Grammar Is Terrible! | CONAN on TBS
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Fan BHanks23 think Conan mixed up "me" and "I," but it turns out Bhanks23 should clean out his ears.
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Lol there is a grammar error in the video description
yep found it :d
Landon Swift You found it. Great, now what?
-.-
I think it's a deliberate mistake. It's too obvious to be a real one.
Fan BHanks23 *thinks, Conan mixed up
dXb now I and you sharpen the pitch forks
"That doesn't count because I've been drinking." Hahaha!!!
Did anyone notice the creepy photobomb between Conan and Di?
Wow, what ignorance! Firstly, the pronoun "I" is a nominative pronoun, and that means that it can be used as the subject of an active sentence or as a predicate nominative. A predicate nominative is a noun that comes after a linking verb (be). For example, we say, "It was I who broke the window," and not, "It was me who broke the window." Second, the word "here" is not the subject of the sentence because it is not a noun. When we use "here" and "there" we place the subject of the sentence after the linking verb (inversion). Therefore, a sentence like "Here is your book" is really "Your book is here" with "book" being the subject and "here" functioning as a predicate adjective because it modifies the noun "book". The actual grammatical mistake was when Conan used the singular linking verb "is" and a compound subject "Matthew Perry and I." The correct sentence would be "Here are Matthew Perry and I."
Yes, exactly what I was going to say!
You deserves a heart symbol on your comment.
That's wrong
I gotta ask now. Is English your primary language? Because if not, it's even more hilarious that you just schooled that kid! 😆
Word
I've come to realize that the biggest reason people have trouble with this grammar rule, myself included at one point, is that "so and so and I" is most often correct. Without having a go to example memorized to demonstrate when "so and so and me" is correct, it might even take a few more seconds to think of an example. Thinking about examples to show when "so and so and I" is correct takes almost no effort at all.
Basically, the rule is to drop the other person and repeat the sentence without them. You will see plain as day when "me" or "I" is wrong. Here are a couple of great examples ripped the the Purdue OWL:
Not: Bob and me travel a good deal.
(Would you say, "me travel"?)
Not: He gave the flowers to Jane and I.
(Would you say, "he gave the flowers to I"?)
Not: Us men like the coach.
(Would you say, "us like the coach"?)
Your examples are correct, but they are not applicable here. All of your examples use action verbs; Conan used a non-action (linking) verb, to be. There is a whole list that we had to memorize in school: amisarewaswerebebeingbeenhavehashad that's all I remember.
Here is Matt and I (correct)
Here is Matt and me (informal but technically not incorrect)
Am I speaking with Sue?
This is she (correct)
This is me (incorrect)
The players are they. (non-action, correct)
The players beat them. (action, correct)
So your rules are correct but applied inappropriately here.
The fan correction was wrong. Period. And you still seem to be having trouble with this rule.
thereddrob You seem to be having trouble understanding how these fan correction segments work. The whole point of the segment is to choose fan corrections that are actually correct and then "debunk" those corrections in silly ways.
A great deal of these corrections involve editing the original clip, and this is one of them. The original context was completely removed, and I'm sure there was more to the original sentence than "Here is Matthew Perry and I."
You seem angry that I pointed out your mistake. I know exactly how these work:
Fan spots real mistake
Conan somehow shows no mistake was made
My (correct) point is that Conan did not actually make a mistake in the grammar of that sentence which the fan called him out on. Therefore, the "fan correction" video for this "mistake" should not exist in the first place.
That is very simple to understand.
I'm not angry, don't flatter yourself. Again, if you take the other person out of the sentence, what you're left with is "Here is I." It's incorrect and you are wrong.
Remember that list of linking verbs I wrote out? AMISarewaswere...
Here is I. Here am I.
Apparently you say "Here is me" and "here am me." Please just stop.
No, he's not wrong. "is" is an equative (or linking) verb and so the nouns on either side, whether they are subjects or predicate nominatives, take the nominative case pronoun (I, we, she, he, they), not the objective case pronoun (me, us, her, him, them). Any junior high grammar book solves this debate. The kid in the video is wrong. Conan was right all along.
Great answer.
“Here is Matthew Perry and I” is correct. You use the predicate nominative after the verb to be, although that rule is seldom followed by modern English users. But Conan used it correktly.
Conan was actually right in the first place. The pronoun I is also nominative which means it can also be used as a predicate nominative just like Conan did in the sentence. How long will it take people to realize Conan's always right? Lol
Is he really trying to correct Conan, a Harvard graduate, in a goofy hat?
He was right tho
Are you the kid in the hat
Victor Edwood No, are you?
Omni G I was speaking to Majs Kukka
+Victor Edwood I'm not, but i wish i was
When the verb is "to be," it is more proper to use the subjective "I," even when it occurs after the verb. For example:
It is I, Count Dracula. (CORRECT)
It is me, Count Dracula (INCORRECT or INFORMAL)
So both the fan and Conan seem to be confused.
See point 3 at the bottom of this page:
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/595/02/
The page is about pronoun case, but there are 3 exceptions which are listed in the 3 points.
Point 1 is what it's all about. Drop the other noun, which is to say drop the other person from the sentence all together. It offers great examples which you seem to have overlooked:
Not: He gave the flowers to Jane and I.
---> (Would you say, "he gave the flowers to I"?)
Who cares...?
That's why you say "This is he" or "This is she" when you answer the phone.
It is i marrio
3:00 i love how they are actually showing slash from gnr in the description
This is one of the more entertaining fan corrections.
I wonder if this whole segment is just a big trolling by Conan in its whole.
‘Here is Matthew Perry and I’ IS THE CORRECT FORM.
Actually, I looked it up in "New Hart's Rules" which is a book explaining to writers how to use proper English while writing. It says that, pretty much, you ARE right, but it's better to rearange the sentance so it reads "A rock and a pen are on my windowsill."
Any time somebody opens their mouth and prefaces a statement with, you made a grammatical error, they are almost certainly going to be wrong. They will take a rule and misapply it. Predicate nominatives are not in the objective case. It's not the position in relation to the verb that makes something objective or subjective. The problem is not that people correct other people's grammar but why do they pretend to understand fully what they are talking about when they don't. I swear, this happens 99% of the time in media or in the public sphere. Strange phenomenon.
No, it's not. There are actual rules.
@@lifeofbrian5092 Heh?
Well the fan correction is wrong. "Matthew Perry and I" are the subjects. This would be correct if they were the direct or indirect objects but they are not. You can't say "Here is Matthew Perry and me." That is grammatically incorrect.
They're quite clearly objects. "Here" is the subject. The only reason people pretend otherwise is because they want to make "is" a special verb when it isn't.
FibS ‘Here’ can not be a subject, you didn’t know what you were talking about. The above statement is correct.
After a lot of contemplation, I agree with you completely. The verb in the sentence is "is". That makes it clear that "Matthew Perry and I" are the subjects as the sentence describes their state of "being" and not that of "here", which is a demonstrative pronoun. The correct form of the verb must then be plural.
Good work! You corrected the fan correction :)
It's like he's begging to be insulted... 'm honestly surprised Conan didn't go after the guys look more...
It's almost as if professional comedy writers don't go after the low-hanging fruit. Crazy, but true.
Wearing Clout glasses before it was Clout
"Here" is an adverb in the front position of the sentence...it is not the subject. "Is" is a linking verb. The subjects of the sentence are both "Matthew Perry" and "I," "I" being a nominative case pronoun. One should use a nominative case pronoun for subjects of a sentence as opposed to "me," an objective case pronoun.
Exactly what I was gonna say, but you did a great job here. "I" was correct from the beginning, and I thought Conan would explain it in the same way that since it's followed by a linking verb, it should be in the nominative case. Strange thing he didn't.....
@@whatsinaname7289 In this case would you use "is" when discussing two people? Shouldn't you use "are"? I'm asking seriously.
@@SmittenKitten. Yeah, you're right, it must've flown over my head.
@@whatsinaname7289 It's so rare that I'm correct that this made my day. ;)
Great answer
I like how he didn't even grin after saying "I've been drinking." Perhaps not joking there, Coco?
Are you still alive
DOWN
Lol i love these "show our mistake" segments
What was left out of the sentence (and is acceptable) is "a picture of". The picture is the subject, not here, which merely states where the picture is. The full sentence would be: Here is a picture of Matthew Perry and I. That is incorrect. Here is a picture of Matthew Perry and me. Not myself, he didn't do anything himself. Matthew Perry is not actually in the room, he is not "here". The kid is right. Grammar Girl covers this exact issue. What is acceptable is a caption: "Matthew Perry and I"
"To be" doesn't make pronouns objective.
When's the last time a fan corrections episode was uploaded?, I love these =)
Looking this after years (youtube just puts these on front page) this is the coolest guy ever!! Where is he now??
"On your May 1st show, I caught you making a very basic, common grammatical error."
BHanks23 was not featured on Conan's May 1st show. Dangling modifier alert!
Hahaha you are right!! Wow props to you! (this comment sounds sarcastic but it isn't..)
I am not a native speaker, so take this with a grain of salt. But as far as I know, 'it is I' is the formal way of speaking whereas 'it is me' is colloquial (This is Matthew and I vs This is a picture of Matthew and me).
Reference backing me up:
english.stackexchange.com/questions/30336/it-is-me-vs-it-is-i
Hahaha! This is by far, my favorite segment on Coco's show xD (and I love all the others ones a lot too, so that should tell ya!!)
Walker Texas Ranger Lever!
"Matthew Perry and I" is the correct way to say it and I am not even a native speaker...
No it's not...
It's less natural, but it is correct.
the thing is that the sentence starts with "heres a picture of". try saying "a picture of I". doesnt sound very good does it?
+UbererSK He didn't use "of" in the sentence. He said, "Here's Matthew and I" - which is correct. However, if he had used "of", in that case it should've been "me" instead of "I", like "Here's a picture of Matthew and me".
Last First
oh youre right, sry about that lol. i just assumed the guy correcting conan was actually right so my brain changed what conan said... why did they even need to make up that story when conan didnt even make a mistake?
I've been wondering about whose picture is that on the url for Fan Corrections... Haha! It took me a while.
Conan was grammatically correct in saying "Matthew Perry and I"
*"Matthew Perry an I".
He was not. If you take out "Matthew Perry", "Here is a picture of I" which is wrong. So take that, three year old comment.
Conan's correct use of 'I' is functioning as a 'predicate nominative' (Here am I. I am here... Here are we. We are here... He and I are here. Here are he and I... Matthew Perry and I are here. Here are Matthew Perry and I.). A predicate nominative is a cross between a subject and an object, since the object is equivalent to the subject.
@Graham Merph, your sentence isn't the same. Your main sentence is 'Here is a picture.' by adding the word 'of' you make 'I' function as an object of the preposition.
Kyle Lincoln, Conan says "here's matthew perry and I"
"Here's I" or "here's me".
The way to solve this issue: think about if you were going to the mall with a group of friends; would you say, "My friends and I are going to the mall." Or would you say, "My friends and me are going to the mall."
The way to figure it out is by doing the following: take the subject and apply it to said activity you're doing. Would you say, "Me and my friends are going to the mall." Or would you say, "I am going to the mall with my friends." Technically, both are correct. But in this instance it should be, "Matthew Perry and me."
WRONG, BHanks! The word "is" here refers to the noun clause "Matthew Perry and I" as the subject of the sentence. Though spoken "Here is Matthew Perry and I," it is understood as meaning "These people here is Matthew Perry and I," which may be rearranged as "Matthew Perry and I is these people here" In both cases, "Mattew Perry and I" is the subject, thus "I" is appropriate. The real error lies in the conjugation of "be," which should be "are" not "is," giving "Here are Matthew Perry and I"
The kid is completely wrong. "Here am I" and Conan's sentence are both correct. "Here" is an adverb. The linking (=copulative) verb "to be" requires a subject; it does not require an object, nor does it even have one in this sentence. It is modified by "here" in the sentence in question. Its subject is "Matthew Perry and I." In other words:
"Matthew Perry and I" = subject
"are" = verb
"here" = adverb
Objects of verbs are needed when the verb is transitive; "to be" is intransitive.
Grammar dork.
I died
The correction is deadly wrong!!!
( It really is, it's stupid)
The proper correction would be the change of is for are
Deadly, you say?! :O
1:55 didn't match the pic zoomed in.
in the spoken English/slang you may use "I" but grammatically it's wrong.
Here is Matthew Perry and I is short for
Here is Matthew Perry and here I am with him.
It's referring to two individuals, but the speaker will also be referring to himself. Since you cannot use "is/are" for "I" you will always use "am"
How is Matthew Perry?
-He is fine.
-You are not fine.
How are you? I am fine.
team coco add closed captions to yuor videos please
i just love the face of disgust he pulls when the video ends XD
did Conan say "so the channel still stands" at 2:55 ? :D
challenge
Actually the here is blank and I sentence is grammatically correct because there is no object in a sentence with a linking verb so there is no case here the objective case is right barring propositions or that sort of thing.
Isn't is here ARE Mathew Perry and myself? It's a weird sentence...I am assuming the correct form should have been , "Here I am with Mathew Perry..."
No.
I thought I can learn Grammar by watching your videos and then I came across this video 😂
We don't always look like that. Sometimes we wear regular glasses because we can't find a prescription pair of sunglasses that will fit and are affordable. Also, when you use the word 'thats' you put an apostrophe in there.
Different grammar question.
Are "is" and "are" in this context possible?
It's plural, so it should be:
Here are Matthew Perry and I.
But in the spoken language we often use ellipses because humans are lazy and everyone knows what it means:
Here is (a picture showing) Matthew Perry and I.
Don't forget the part where you put your punctuation outside your quotation marks.
Funny no one mentions matthews fake tan
he did one where one kid said that their slash is wrong
if you really want to find a mistake then talk about his hair.
Lmao Diane Feinstein is the senator from California not Colorado smh my head.
There is a grammatical error in the description . *thinks* should be used instead of think
Pretty much all Americans get this wrong! Drives me nuts.
On a related note, Matthew Perry is rockin' a hardcore spray tan in that photo.
lol the creepy guy between them in the picture!
There's a mistake in the description for this video. It says, "Fan BHanks23 think," and it should be "Fan BHanks 23 THINKS."
Why was the monologue deleted? I wanted to comment on that "a-hole viking-lakers-china-guy..."
He said era at the end instead of error**
I love how he went JFK for the fraction of a second at the end there :)
Here is Matthew and I is still wrong, as "Matthew and I" is plural.
+John Speed No...
culwin Yes.
I keep thinking about the God of War End Boss because of that backdrop.
Little jacob in GTA 4 say's "I and I"
Why are most of the videos coming to my inbox set to private?
I cant find the slash button on my keyboard :/
Holy crap, I just thought he was doing JFK. I never knew Quimby and JFK were the same person.
"Fan BHanks23 think Conan mixed up "me" and "I," but it turns out Bhanks23 should clean out his ears."
Grammar mistake in the video description of a video about not making grammar mistakes ;)
Actually, "Here 'are' Matthew Perry and I." is wrong. "Matthew Perry and I are here" works, but the first one does not. Let's look at "There is a rock and a pen on my window sill." While there are two subjects, they are not plural as they aren't collected together, but instead seperated with "and", leaving us to assume that each subject is individual, so "is" is appropriate while "are" does not make sense. If there were multiples of each, it WOULD read"There are rocks and pens on my window sill"
Wow, Conan is undefeated.
HAHA Slash as the slash
I think you are over-thinking it.
The subject is "photo". The subject is of the object, or "Matthew Perry and me/I".
So Conan would have been right if he added verbs after the pronounces? like "here is a photo of Perry and I looking at the camera."
I have an illness and the only prescription is more conan videos
Jordan Schlansky as a child
The grammar change wasn't even correct. It would be I because it's a predicate nominative.
You are actually incorrect. "There are a rock and a pen on my window sill" is correct. The fact that many individuals make this grammatical error does not make it any less of an error. "There" is adverbial, and the compound subject of the sentence is "a rock and a pen."
Diverticulitis joke got me
That guy was wrong because my teachers it is "I". Try to say "my brother and I" and "my brother and me", which one is weirder?
1:14 the guy said it wrong . He said use subjective pronoun of me (which is wrong ) he should have said use sub pronoun of *I* which is me
Plus
There is a grammatical error in the description . *thinks* should be used instead of think
Conan, I got you! Look at 1:57. I don't see any Diane's there. I see *you* and Matthew Perry. Sorry, Conan, you chump.
CONAN CAN'T HANDLE BEING WRONG OR MADE FUN OF!!! OH WHAT
Conan would have been correct in ANY European languages besides English. "me" is a direct object. The verb "to be" never comes with a direct object.
'Di' could have just been referring to that creepy guy in the background of all those pictures. That would have saved on all that photoshopping.
Quick pro tip- remove the other subject and say the sentence with "I" or "Me" and see how it sounds.
No one has gotten schooled like that since Jennifer Garner.
Leave it to Conan to get out of ANY situation.
You're right. There is a grammatical error, but not the one the kid pointed out.
conan throwing in a little mayor quimby
I thought it said "Conan's grandma is terrible" ...
If you take out mathew perry you wouldn't say "here is i.." you would say, "here is me..." so the kid is correct.
There's errors on almost every episode but the majority of the time he does this as a overly obvious fake comedy correction. If the mistakes are intentional it's not an error. It took me a few of these to catch on. But Conan that's a genius way of getting lots of extra viewers.
These are made up rules, the fact that most native English speakers use the "incorrect" grammar means that it is correct by definition
I checked grammardork because I thought that maybe Conan would have had to buy it like when he joked about hornymanatees many years ago on Late Night.
can someone please explain how 'and I' is a grammar error, because i have been taught differently?
Don't worry. You were taught correctly. This is one fan correction where the fan actually IS wrong. Normally, you would use the object pronoun after a verb, as this fan says. However, this example is an exception. As an English teacher, I can tell you that the verb "to be" is a linking verb, meaning that it directly links a subject with another subject. Therefore, regardless of the side of the verb you place the pronoun, it must be a subject pronoun. For example, you would say "this is she", rather than "this is her." Likewise, Conan was correct in saying "Here is Matthew Perry and I."
So why isn't it "Here *are* Matthew Perry and I"?
Yes, you are correct! It absolutely should be "Here are Matthew Perry and I."
Kaja Cheng this comes a year late, but here goes:
conan said "here's matthew perry and I", you can remove matthew perry and you get "here's I".
It should be easier to spot why "I" is not good there.
Only the verb is incorrect in your sentence. "Here am I" is grammatically correct.
That wasn't even a fan correction because he got it correct..
I love the chowder episode!! hahaha
Conan's writers are in this time, where are they now?
For the 2nd to last one, he should have replaced Matthew Perry with Eddie Van Halen just to troll Van Halen fans
I thought you were supposed to say the (person's name) then I like
My parents and I went shopping?
My friends and I ate McDonalds?
And
Bhanks23 and I were best friends before he tried to correct Conan?
You are correct; do not listen to these ignorant fools.
Anyone who knows a language where nouns are inflected (i.e. has declensions) would know that the kid is wrong. These languages highlight the cases structure built around copulative verbs.