They and I - subject pronouns
In my English lessons I have just learned how to use the subject pronouns correctly like in the sentence "John and I met at the supermarket."
This led me to the following question:
May I say "They and I" like in a hypothetical sentence "They and I went to the theatre."?
The combination "They and I" somehow sounds strange and unusual to me. That's why I am asking. Do native speakers say so in their everyday's life? If not, what would say say instead?
Thanks for your answers.
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anonymous The combination "They and I" somehow sounds strange and unusual to me. It does to me, too. I think that's because you would rareley choose it over "we".
- anonymous The combination "They and I" somehow sounds strange and unusual to me.
- It does to me, too.
- I think that's because you would rareley choose it over "we".
- But if it is called for, "they and I" is right as a subject.
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anonymousThe combination "They and I" somehow sounds strange and unusual to me.
It does to me, too. I think that's because you would rareley choose it over "we". But if it is called for, "they and I" is right as a subject.
0anonymousThe combination "They and I" somehow sounds strange and unusual to me.
That's because we hardly ever use it. But it's right.
More often, and thus more naturally, we say things like these:
We went to the theater.
I went to the theater with them.
They went to the theater with me.
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