New Posts For Thread: The phrase believe you mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-meDoesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be believe me you?Reminds me of one of Billy Connolly's,"See, I've always had... I've always had trouble with communication. And it started at home, you know, no one could ever talk to me. You know, you say "Dad?" He says "What?" And everybody I knew were the same, alhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896718#418896718Reminds me of one of Billy Connolly's,"See, I've always had... I've always had trouble with communication. And it started at home, you know, no one could ever talk to me. You know, you say "Dad?" He says "What?" And everybody I knew were the same, alMon, 25 Jan 2010 05:28:12 -0600If I said 'Believe me you' it would be me imploring you to believe me.If I say 'Believe you me' it makes me sound like a nutter talking to myself and telling myself to believe what the other person is saying.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896654#418896654If I said 'Believe me you' it would be me imploring you to believe me.If I say 'Believe you me' it makes me sound like a nutter talking to myself and telling myself to believe what the other person is saying.Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:05:31 -0600Roger The Butler 25 Jan 09:41 Doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be believe me you?No, cos that would mean the opposite. "Believe you" is the verb part, "me" is the object.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896590#418896590Roger The Butler 25 Jan 09:41 Doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be believe me you?No, cos that would mean the opposite. "Believe you" is the verb part, "me" is the object.Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:40:12 -0600Because English doesnt add endings to words to show how they are being used in a sentence, word order is crucially important. Today, virtually all sentences that make a statement have to be put in the order subject-verb-object (SVO): https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896578#418896578Because English doesnt add endings to words to show how they are being used in a sentence, word order is crucially important. Today, virtually all sentences that make a statement have to be put in the order subject-verb-object (SVO): Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:59:51 -0600Everything's always SVO these days but VSO used to be perfectly acceptable in old English.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896574#418896574Everything's always SVO these days but VSO used to be perfectly acceptable in old English.Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:58:08 -0600and is it a return to ora return fromhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896570#418896570and is it a return to ora return fromMon, 25 Jan 2010 02:48:15 -0600Doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be believe me you?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23455770/the-phrase-believe-you-me?post_id=418896566#418896566Doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be believe me you?Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:41:29 -0600