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Thread #118662   Message #3057261
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
19-Dec-10 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: English grammar question
Subject: RE: BS: English grammar question
SPB-Cooperator, according to present-day standards of politeness, "I" comes last in any list of persons, in any language I know. "My husband and I" is so-called Queen's English. Of course, like all conventional modesty, this sometimes sounds like hypocrisy, e.g. "My helicopter pilot and I are going to arrive at 8 PM".

"I and my dog like sausages" would seem acceptable, though. "Me and you and a dog named Boo [are] traveling ..." violates the laws of grammar and politeness, but at least it rhymes.