English question

[cdybedahl]

I just got a comment on a story that says that when someone is speaking about themselves and someone else, they always put the other person first. That is, like "Willow and I" rather than "I and Willow". I can't remember ever hearing of such a rule before. Have I just missed it? And if so, why has nobody ever pointed out to me before that I've been doing it wrong?

Comments

[child-of-air.livejournal.com]

Many people say it wrong- i.e. "Me and my friend", American english these days is quite horrible. Don't even get me started. Many people could have thought that you were trying to capture that slang.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Many people say it wrong- i.e. "Me and my friend", American english these days is quite horrible.

I'm American, and I know enough to capitalize "English," to include punctuation within qutoes, to use "e.g." to indicate an example, to set "e.g." off with commas rather than an emdash, and the difference between a hyphen and an emdash.