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Grammarians have for years condemned as ungrammatical the English phrase "between you and I, " insisting that the correct phrasing is "between you and me," with the objective case after a preposition. Such condemnations, however, are obviously unfounded, because Shakespeare himself, in The Merchant of Venice, wrote, "All debts are cleared between you and I."

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Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

  • A In his plays, Shakespeare intentionally had some of his characters use phrases he considered ungrammatical.
  • B The phrase "between you and I" appears infrequently in Shakespeare's writings.
  • C The more modern an English word or phrase, the less likely that modern grammarians will consider it acceptable for formal usage.
  • D Many modern speakers of English sometimes say "between you and I" and sometimes say "between you and me."
  • E Most native speakers of English who choose to say "between you and I" do so because they know that Shakespeare used that phrase.

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