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From
15/05/2007 16:09:45
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
 
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15/05/2007 15:01:33
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Forum:
Family
Category:
Children
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01223129
Message ID:
01225772
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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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>
>>>Grrrrrr.....
>>
>>Sorry, didn't mean to insult Canadians by comparing them with Minnesotans.
>
>No gun for you tonight after dinner!

That's OK... I don't use it after dinner anyway unless an intruder breaks into my house.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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