For the past couple years, I have been hearing people in the business world say things like: "I will meet with you on tomorrow.", or "I finished that project on yesterday.", or "I will email the directions to the party on today."
When did this become proper grammar? For me, it has become an annoying pet peeve!
2006-12-15 02:15:41 · 15 answers · asked by Carm 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No it is not proper grammer. The "on" needs to be removed. Making it, "I will meet with you tomorrow", "I finished that project yesterday" or "I will email the direction to the party today".
2006-12-15 02:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Rainlilly4545 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure that correct grammar is "This is me", you use "me" because you are pointing something out and it isn't followed by a verb. Just like "You want to talk to him and I" would be wrong.
As for the original question, what country is this?? Its madness, I also hear people say "I did it on accident" which is pretty stupid.
2006-12-15 04:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by totallyfree2rhyme 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn’t correct!
And it certainly hasn’t become proper grammar:
You say (and write): ON a day.
Neither YESTERDAY, TODAY nor TOMORROW are days!!!
I think it is the consequence of the fact that English has unfortunately become the new ’lingua franca’ of the world. And you know what happened to the last lingua franca? It is a dead language now.
That’s what you get when every clown thinks he has to talk and write in English.
English reduced to a tool, an instrument for communication.
And once it was the language of the BARD!!!
2006-12-15 02:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by saehli 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As others have said, it's not correct. But the language is changing and evolving. For a long time we've known that the oral language grows and is different from the written language. For example, in colloquial speech, we'd say "It's/This is me" but in (hyper?) correct speech it should be "It/This is I".
So, it's not correct to say on today/tomorrow/yesterday.
2006-12-15 02:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by barrych209 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I searched this same question because a "Dr." at my son's middle school just used this term in an email to me. Puzzling. It's his Reading/English/Language Arts teacher. Scary!!!
2015-03-24 03:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by Lee, Lin 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
On Tomorrow
2016-11-03 09:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but when I hear people say on tomorrow" or "on today" I wonder if and where they were educated.
2015-05-04 04:47:47 · answer #7 · answered by Jo-Ann 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
On Yesterday
2016-12-16 04:50:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is it proper grammar to say "on yesterday", "on today", "on tomorrow"...?
For the past couple years, I have been hearing people in the business world say things like: "I will meet with you on tomorrow.", or "I finished that project on yesterday.", or "I will email the directions to the party on today."
When did this become proper...
2015-08-10 15:38:02 · answer #9 · answered by Jerrine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether it's a subject or an object. "I" is a subject. "Me" is an object. You can't say: Me and you like Yahoo. Because "me" is an object. Which sounds better: For a subject: I like Yahoo. Me like Yahoo. For an object: Yahoo is fun for me. Yahoo is fun for I. You and I like Yahoo. Yahoo is fun for you and me.
2016-03-15 22:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by Diana 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋