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Eh? Nobody questioned phrases like that iirc.
It's really simple. There are phrases that are used only locally, or otherwise looked down upon by a lot of people. The one that started this thread is...

My understanding was that there were native speakers on the both sides of the issue in that thread; if that is not the case I'll have to retract my words.

btw I think "I'm going to go..." is 100%...

I can't get what you mean. Can you clarify your claim?[/quote]

I simply claim that this phrase is just fine, and there are no problems with it except in the mind of a few select grammaticians :)

well, that's what I always thought, but I was corrected once so I started having doubts. Probably the person was just nitpicking.
I actually think I did see this even in one of my old English...

It's definitely not a Moscow thing.
But it's colloquial for "No, there is/are none", or the like. Like, "u tebja est' den'gi? -- Netu" ("do you have any money? -- No, I don't (have any)"). As...

it looks like the ultimate in nitpicking to me. Normal, educated people do speak like that, and that's all that matters, imo. Plus, "two months ago" is quite a definite point in time, no less...

what is exactly the problem with that phrase, btw?
there are some other cases in other languages when commonplace expressions are considered ungrammatical; imo it's just the case of the norms...