You, he and I are of the same age.

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Is the order of the following pronouns necessary?
1) You, he and I are of the same age.
2) We, you and they are in the same grade.
 

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Is the order of the following pronouns necessary?
1) You, he and I are of the same age.
2) We, you and they are in the same grade.

What do you mean by "necessary"?
 

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In 1, you need to put I last.

Just forget about sentence 2 and find another way to say it.
 

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Who is the you in the last sentence and how are they not part of we?
 

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Are there any rules for the order/sequence of personal pronouns?
 

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Put I last.

I and you :cross:
you and I :tick:

I and she :cross:
she and I :tick:
 

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Jutfrank has given you the only rule that applies to the order of pronouns (and even then it's not really a rule, more just a convention). All the others can be put in any order you like.
 
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