Sep 18, 2014 · In the one referring to you, if 'me' sounds correct, use 'Jon and me', if 'I' works, use 'Jon and I'. A couple of examples to illustrate: He gave the money to Jon and (I/me). Try it using only you: He gave the money to me. As you can see, 'me' is the winner because using 'I' here would be horrid. Jon and (I/me) are going to see a play.

The straight dope has an answer to this question printed in 1985. The origins of referring to the outhouse as "john" or "jake" evidently goes back to the 16th-century.

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It is acceptable to drop the comma. Searching the following sources for "Thanks [noun]" (where possible), or "Thanks John" (where not) reveals that both are in extremely common use:

Sep 19, 2017 · As per Jon Hanna's second example, you can also use this parenthetically: My manager (copied) will need to provide approval. My manager (copied in) will need to provide approval. As per MT_Head's comment you may also see "copy on", although to me it sounds more natural to use "copy in on": I've copied my manager on this email as...

Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect. "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject/actor of the sentence and the object/recipient are the same person or group.

Location-based folk etymologies. I am not persuaded by the claim (evidently proposed by the Online Rap Dictionary some 37 years after the earliest instance of jones that Lighter cites) that jones originally alluded to Jones Alley in Manhattan.

Maybe John is just John and not short for Jonathan. And whether Jonathan goes to John or Jon, or nothing at all, you never know. Or maybe he’s a Johnny. Or a Jack. Or a Jackie. A James might not have a shortcut at all, or it could be a Jim or Jimmy, or Jamie or Jaime, or even a Jamesy. And sometimes he’s a Jay.

Dec 14, 2010 · @Rhodri: I think it would be helpful to make a distinction between oral and written situations. You are absolutely right in saying that calling "Jon 'Purdy without being very familiar or having some other odd special case, that would imply to me that he was my subordinate in some way. It can be quite insulting if used improperly."