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

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

If I wanted to stress my role, I would say "Me and Willow, we..." That's definitely not written language, though.

No, but it's definitely good spoken English, and fine if it's direct speech.

Definitely bad English. "I" is always in the subject, "me" is always in the object, even if the subject or object has multiple parts.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Definitely bad English.

Definitely good spoken English: it's a grammatical structure that's been used for at least two hundred years, and is by the test of time, good grammar.

Spoken and written English often use different constructions, and they may validly do so.