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Grammar rules then and now.

Johnny   Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:27 pm GMT

How about "A couple of old friends I first met in Atlanta and I decided to go out for a beer last night"? That sucks so much that it doesn't even seem possible to say that naturally in "standard English" or whatever you want to call it. Me and a couple of friends I first met in Atlanta decided to go out... is what everyone would say, I think.

MikeyC   Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:48 pm GMT

Sounds fine conversationally. "A couple of old friends / I first met in Atlanta/ and I / decided to go out for a beer last night" Think "online processing".