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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

They,you and he are good students.(?)

0 ___________are good students. 02br
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00A) You ,he and they 02br
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00B) He,they and you 02br
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00C) They,you and he 02br
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00D) They,he and you 02br
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00May I ask which one should I use? Please help me with this. Thank you! 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00All are grammatically OK. 02br 02br 00It's your choice. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00All are grammatically OK.
  • 02br 02br 00It's your choice.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00All are grammatically OK. 02br
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00It's your choice. Very generally speaking, the ones mentioned first get more emphasis.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Thank you, Clive. Actually the reason I ask this question is because when I read my grammar book, it says when we are trying to use multiple personal pronouns, we should follow a set order:02br
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01b00singular: 02b00You00, 01b00he02b00 and 01b00I 02b00are classmates. (second person, third person, first
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0Hi,02br
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00I'm not familiar with such a 'rule'.02br
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00There are some considerations about politeness, eg 'You and I' rather than 'I and you'. These are based on the fact I mentioned earlier, that the first mentioned generally receives more emphasis, more importance.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0May I bother you with one last question about this? 05002br
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00In "01b00You02b00, 01b00he02b00 and 01b00I 02b00are classmates.", the first person pronoun "I" is the last one to mention, but in "01b00We02b00,01b00 you02b00 and 01b00they02b
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0Hi,02br
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00Don't worry, you're not bothering me.05002br
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00Sometimes, and in some situations, a speaker does not care about politeness. 02br
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00Let me ask you a question.02br
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00Can you think of a situation, ie a context, in which you would want to use a sentence that begins with 'We, you and they
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0 Hi,02br
00they all sound bad to me. I don't think a native speaker is likely to say any of them. Is it just me? I'd say 01i00"You, him, and them are all good students".02i02br
00Of course, if you had to write that on a test, you'd have to choose one of your options, because on tests, you know... err... they want you to do what they want. 05002br
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0I understand now, thanks, Kooyeen and Clive.0-
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The most well mannered conversation I've seen on the internet.
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What book? I have been told this rule by another Taiwanese person and i have never come across it before.

What grammar book is it from?

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