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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
personal pronouns
The normal sequence of personal pronouns is as follows:
singular: [you, (s)he and I]; plural [we, you and they]
However, according to Treasury of English Grammar, when we want to express something unpleasant,
the sequence of personal pronouns is as follows:
singular [I, (s)he and you]; plural [they, you and we]
For example,
I, he and you will be punished for being late.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
Can any native speaker tell me whether the above rules are true or not?
singular: [you, (s)he and I]; plural [we, you and they]
However, according to Treasury of English Grammar, when we want to express something unpleasant,
the sequence of personal pronouns is as follows:
singular [I, (s)he and you]; plural [they, you and we]
For example,
I, he and you will be punished for being late.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
Can any native speaker tell me whether the above rules are true or not?
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Hi, I've never heard of this rule. It sounds odd to me. Clive
- Hi, I've never heard of this rule.
- It sounds odd to me.
- Clive
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TeoThese are not grammar rules but conventions of usage.
TeoFor example,
I, he and you will be punished for being late.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
Let's put it this way, Teo: Those two sentences don't sound the least bit "conventional" to me.
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Hi,
I, he and you will be punished for being late.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
I would say that native speakers would tend to avoid such awkward remarks, by saying simpler things like this.
We will all be punished for being late.
Everybody should leave the
I, he and you will be punished for being late.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
I would say that native speakers would tend to avoid such awkward remarks, by saying simpler things like this.
We will all be punished for being late.
Everybody should leave the
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Hi,
I don't think there's a rule for that... a rule that makes sense, at least.
I think I would say one of these, but don't ask me
I don't think there's a rule for that... a rule that makes sense, at least.
TeoI, he and you will be punished for being late.I rellay don't like those examples, and I have no idea how native speakers would say the same thing.
They, you and we should leave there at once.
I think I would say one of these, but don't ask me
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I'm also still trying to make sense of the use of 'should leave there at once' in combination with 'they, you and we'. Without any justifying context, the word 'there' only makes the sentence sound even odder to me.
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