A nice lady posted a fabulous pic of a hummingbird on G+this afternoon with a comment that began "My love for hummingbirds and my love of summer are one in the same."
I used to think that a sign of being ill-educated, but I am increasingly hearing it from people who I highly respect.
Is this mangling of "one and the same" regional or generational in nature?
One in the same doesn't make sense. I really didn't know that people said it. Maybe I haven't been listening. I Googled it to see what I would find and 90% of the sites that used the phrased were telling us that it is wrong. However, I did find these two which can be compared.
http://www.fremontco.com/clerkandrecorder/motorvehicledepartment/dr2421.pdf
http://www.azdot.gov/docs/default-source/mvd-forms-pubs/38-4306.pdf?sfvrsn=0
interesting, huh?
Are Arizonans more literate than Coloradoans?
Dick said
interesting, huh?Are Arizonans more literate than Coloradoans?
I don't think so. Politicians are always clamoring to make English the official language pf the United States, even though if that were in the Constitution, virtually every law would be unconstitutional. (It might be fun for some organization to award a grant to the school whose students find the most errors in the state statutes.)
I suspect the Arizonans are the legendary blind pig that found an acorn.
To be on official form- that's interesting! Though this is one that's always arguable if the user might choose to argue.
A book has it like this- alas with no boost of credibility from the 'whom..' locution:
A member of the television media, whom I don't recall his name, had made the statement that God and Allah were one in the same.