Following these types of rules,traditional teachers would correct sentences like who did you go
with?to With whom did you go?(making sure that the preposition with was not at the end of the sentence.)And Mary runs faster than me would be corrected to Mary runs faster than I.And Me and my family would certainly have to be corrected to My family and I,as Ann Landers would recommend.And,
in proper English writing.one should never begin a sentence with and!
it may,in fact,be a valuable part of one's education to be made aware of this "linguistic etiquette"for the proper use of the language.If it is a social expectation that someone who writes well should obey these prescriptive rules,then social judg.ments such as"poorly educated"may be made about someone who does not follow these rules.However,it is worth considering the origins of some of these rules and asking whether they are appropriately applied to the English language.Let's take one example:"You must not split an infinitive.