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Grammer
Authored by: 5chm31din6 on Jan 16, '04 01:01:48PM

Uh, it's "me and a friend," not a "friend and I." But I digress. Thanks for the tip -- I have had the same trouble with Windows fonts. This tip solved that.

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Grammer
Authored by: bobsf on Jan 23, '04 07:18:13PM

It's grammar, not grammer. Get over yourself.



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Grammar
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Jan 24, '04 01:42:48AM

Actually, proper grammar IS "a friend and I". I learned that many years ago from more than one English teacher, and more than one book on grammar. Interesting when people mistake common usage for techically proper grammar. But either sounds fine to me--I use both.



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Grammar
Authored by: mdouma46 on Apr 13, '04 01:35:33AM
"Actually, proper grammar IS "a friend and I"."

Yes, when you're talking about the subject of a sentence, but not when you're referring to the direct object of a transitive verb.

Correct:
It happened to me.

Incorrect:
It happened to I.



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Grammer
Authored by: sipatel on Feb 02, '04 06:12:47AM

Quite right! The secret is to leave your friend out and ask yourself does "this happened to I" sound right? If not, use "me".



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