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16/05/2007 08:39:00
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, États-Unis
 
 
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Forum:
Family
Catégorie:
Enfants
Titre:
Divers
Thread ID:
01223129
Message ID:
01225925
Vues:
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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.
>
>Did you know the "iowa" is arabic for "yes"?

I did not know that. Another reason I live in the best state in the country.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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