Quote Originally Posted by Helenej View Post
"Eugene and I"... I had always thought that "...and me" sounds cooler.
And all the story in the past tense. Ok.
"Later" instead of my "then". How could I forget such a useful word?
"Caught a bus" instead of "took a bus". Agreed, it sounds more lively.
"Went home" instead of "come home". Uh-oh. Can you see me blushing for this boo-boo?

Thank you, Tovarisch.

So, do you mean that "Michael Jackson has died!” is ok for you?
Inspite of the fact that it occured a month before my saying that?
Actually it was the point of my request.
Yeah, a lot of people, especially younger people (including myself in the past) have used "and me" as it sounds fairly correct, but our grammar teachers were always correcting us to use "and I" instead, as it's essentially the proper phrase, but it probably sounds strange to a non-native speaker, but either phrase should essentially do the job, the point is still the exact same :P
As for the"Went home" and "come home", it's no big problem, you could even change one letter and say 'Came home" and it still make sense.
As for your last quote, it's perfectly fine, since you learnt about Michael Jackson's death when you returned from the holiday, although he actually died while you were on the holiday, one month is still considered fairly recent. Your English really is great overall, honestly if I didn't know that you weren't a native speaker I would never have even realized