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    I want to know that if the order of the personal pronouns has a rule.
    I learned that in the singular form we should say "you, he/she and I", and in the plural form we should say "we, you and they."Then, how about a sentence containing both forms?
    For example, which is correct in the following sentences?
    #1 We and he are in the same room.
    #2 He and we are in the same room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Annie Chang View Post
    I want to know that if the order of the personal pronouns has a rule.
    I learned that in the singular form we should say "you, he/she and I", and in the plural form we should say "we, you and they."Then, how about a sentence containing both forms?
    For example, which is correct in the following sentences?
    #1 We and he are in the same room.
    #2 He and we are in the same room.
    They are both unnatural. Why not write, "We are in the same room as him/he is"?
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    Thanks for answering the question. So, in American English, people seldom put the plural personal pronouns and the singular ones in one sentence in the way I mentioned, right?

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    Default Re: personal pronoun

    Bhai did not say that. He said that 'we and he' and 'he and we' sounded unnatural. 'You (plural) and I' is fine.
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