On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:20:29 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 19/01/2011 1:35 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> "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.)
>>
>>
> Try "John and I are coming tomorrow" or "will be"

Well, yes, I think that was my original suggestion.  But at least here in 
the US, most people will abbreviate to one of the 3-word variations I 
wrote above, but that's not a commentary on what's grammatically correct.

Jim

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