response 53 of 151:

Nov 17 04:20 UTC 2000

Before using terms like "wrong" wrt grammar, it is best to define the context.

When writing for a business or otherwise professional audience, it is grossly
inappropriate to write "Me and my wife were talking the other night." OTOH,
it's fine to say that, and ok to write it in more informal contexts.

Professional writing is a dialect of English. As such, it should be treated
like one -- there are settings in which it is the most appropriate means of
communication, and settings in which it sounds completely out of place.
Perhaps the striking difference between professional writing and any other
dialect is that there are few who speak it naturally; most have to learn it,
although many learn it from exposure rather than explicit teaching.

Language is extremely powerful, and how you speak, write, and even perceive
language can be used as a tool or a weapon. We'd like to think that language
doesn't matter that much, that it's fine to be casual, but using slang and
sloppy language in a business setting is like wearing a t-shirt and jeans to
a board meeting... you will be treated as the bumpkin you are, for not knowing
the rules, just as you will be scoffed at for showing up at a goth bar in a
three-ppiece (non-black) suit.

In other words, what jerry said.