On 19/01/2011 6:31 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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.
>

No wonder we need sub-titles for American TV. ;-)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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