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May 14, 2024, 7:25 am UTC    
April 19, 2005 01:02PM
darkuser Wrote:
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> so are you saying that it's always "between you
> and me" regardless of how and where the phrase is
> used.

Yes. "Between" is a preposition. The object of a preposition takes the objective case.

If the sentence is "the differences between
> * and * can create problems for * and *" are all *
> in the objective case giving something like "the
> differences between you and them can create
> problems for him and her"?

In your example, the word "for" is also a preposition. "Him and her" is the object of that preposition. The object of any preposition takes the objective case.
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Grammar Question!

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grammar and my wife

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contemporary usage

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ROTFLMAO! n/t

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couldn't help it :-)

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The blunder of "irregardless"

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more confusion

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