Monday, November 16, 2015

grammaticality - "I and others" or "others and I"?



I have traditionally learned that a first-person pronoun should always come last in a list, e.g.




Bob and I found this to be interesting.





However, it sounds awkward to me when this rule is used with 'others':




A couple others and I found this to be interesting.




I would be more inclined to go with:




I and a couple others found this to be interesting.





Which sentence is (more) grammatically correct?


Answer



They are all grammatical. Whether or not you put yourself first is a matter of etiquette.


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