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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

You and we or We and You

This is the question of our error identification.

(1) You and we will join the party tonight.
It's said that I last ,you first.
So I think it's right but my teacher tell me that it should be We and you will join the party tonight.
Many Thanks in Advance
  

Top answer

Nothing grammatical dictates the word order. You can say you and we or we and you as you please. Other considerations may make you prefer one or the other.

  • Nothing grammatical dictates the word order.
  • You can say you and we or we and you as you please.
  • Other considerations may make you prefer one or the other.
  • CB
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Nothing grammatical dictates the word order. You can say you and we or we and you as you please. Other considerations may make you prefer one or the other.

CB
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Thanks

You and we will join the party tonight.

Since this is the question of error identification so there must be an error here.
Could anybody find out the error.
Many Thanks in Advance
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Hi,

This is the question of our error identification.




(1) You and we will join the party tonight.

It's said that I last ,you first.

So I think it's right but my teacher tell me that it should be We and you will join the party tonight.



Politeness is a matter of culture, not of grammar. In terms of grammar, either way is fine.
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CliveWe usually 'go to' a party, not 'join'.


Hi Clive

I wondered about that too. I actually thought of party in the sense of a search party or something like that when I read the sentence. Still, a little odd to my mind, but can't one join such a party
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Thanks!
Please let me confirm whether I have misread your post.
You means that it is more natural to say we and you.
Many Thanks in Advance
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No, we and you' or 'you and we' both sound unatural. The 'you' erson wouldn't normally be separated out in this way - they are part of the group so are already included in 'we'.
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nona the britNo, we and you' or 'you and we' both sound unatural.

I completely agree.
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The reader is incapable to tell if a sentence was written using the correct form of grammar, the accurate vocabulary and the most adequate semantic structure to express the writer's intended meaning, unless the reader knew what the writer meant to say or if it were the same person. Although nothing is grammatically, semantically structure or vocabulary incorrect, I am clueless about what your sent
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I think this is the right away to do join the party

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