Quote Originally Posted by EagleJCS View Post
...(and if they are sending something out representing the group I'm in, I'm sometimes embarrassed of them).

...I'm not saying I'm Mr. Perfect - I do make mistakes from time to time, but I do at least make an attempt at determining what is proper for the message I'm trying to communicate, and gratefully acknowledge correction when it's offered.
Hi John,

I'm not Mr. Perfect either, so pardon me for correcting you, but I think that should be "I'm sometimes embarrassed by them."

You can be ashamed of someone, or shamed by someone, but I am reasonably sure you can only be embarrassed by someone.

Being embarrassed of someone may however be an Americanism that I am unaware of, in which case I shall forgive you and bask in a mild glow of cultural superiority