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Doa's Death
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15/05/2007 12:13:59
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
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Family
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Children
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Miscellaneous
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01223129
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>Thanks. I did stop and think about that but didn't care enough to look it up. Will try to remember from now on that it's "me." Why is that, anyway?
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>>SYNTAX POLICE:
>>... It was also funny to see John and I in complete agreement.
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>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
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>>Sorry - bugbear of mine! :-)

The rule is, you take out the other person and the sentence should still make sense, for example:
It was also funny to see I in complete agreement.
It was also funny to see me in complete agreement.

Now the meaning isn't preserved, but the second sentence is gramatically correct.

You Illini...
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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