Thread: Hypercorrection in Russian?

Originally Posted by mrs dalliard

I believe in this case "me" is not an object but a predicate nominative

I see. Though looks like the very idea of predicate nominative is obsolete in English.

In Russian, however, nominative is used in such constructions indeed.

Originally Posted by mrs dalliard

Hypercorrection is also common in wording and grammar. If you read some semi-formal texts like memos or explanatory statements you will see what I mean: the author usually has this idea that long, complicated and indecipherable equals correct and educated, hence the overuse of commas, chains of consecutive nouns in genitive case, page-long sentences that would make Leo Tolstoy weep (much like this one), and freakishly awkward derivatives like "просрачивать".

Hmmm... Didn't you mean "просрочивать", or?..