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Doa's Death
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15/05/2007 14:10:03
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
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Family
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Children
Title:
Miscellaneous
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01223129
Message ID:
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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.
>>>>
>>>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
>>>>
>>>>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...
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>Illini?! Bite your tongue! Wildcat is fine and so is Badger, but don't call me a steenkin' Illini.

Illionian? What do they call people from Illinois? We are called Iowans, or Iowawegians from Minnesotans. However, I call them Canadians.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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