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Default Re: I and my friend or my friend and I

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Originally Posted by Abusaad
Which of the two is correct?

I and my friend are planning to ....

My friend and I are planning to ....

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Abusaad
Both are fine, but it's considered polite to place the other person's name ahead of yours, so the second one is more common than the first. The first one is used, but more so as an afterthought, or something you forgot to say when you started speaking, so you added it in, like this,

I (oh yeah) and my friend are planning to. . . .

Some speakers might even add in "we", like this,

I (oh yeah) and my friend, we, are planning to . . . .
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