between you and I
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English
Etymology
Popularized by William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.
Prepositional phrase
- (proscribed) Alternative form of between you and me
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. (First Quarto), : J Roberts , published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.
Further reading
Between you and I on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
