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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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0I guess your friend and you are going02br
00Which order should you and your be in?02br
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0I have a preference for "you and your friend" but this is not NEARLY as strong as the secondary place that "I" takes when you say things like "My friend and I."02br
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00In other words, if you said "your friend and you" I would find it slightly odd, but if you said "I and my friend" I would find it VERY odd.0-
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0>I have a preference for "you and your friend" 02br
00I agree with GG: you prefer to be extra polite to the people whom you're talking ("you"), by placing them in the first position, not to third-parties ("your friend") 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10but if you said "I and my friend" I would find it VERY odd.12blockquote
10 01i00Just I and my friend/ We'll Saturday spend til the end of the day02i00 (Dory Previn) Theme from 01i00The Sterile Cuckoo02i00 - Liza Minelli 02br
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