On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:30:30 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
>> On 18/01/2011 7:02 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:42:52 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's no infinitive in either version.
>>>
>>> True, I did misname it - but I found the sentence structure awkward as
>>> originally written.  Just misidentified why it was awkward. :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Cause it sounds wrong.
>> How do non-native speakers identify wrong grammer, I wonder?
> 
> "It will be John and I coming tomorrow" sounds fine to me in answer to
> "Who will be coming tomorrow?"

It's a bit formal, and still doesn't sound right to me.  In answer to 
that question, most people would say "John and I" or some variation 
thereof - "Me and John" would be grammatically incorrect, but what a lot 
of Americans would actually say, or "John and me" for that matter.)

Jim

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