Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and you"?
Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and you"?
I've heard that it's bad to put yourself first.
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
"Better" and "bad" are such vague terms that it's not really possible to answer this without context and a description of what your goals are ... "for you and me" is the more common word order.
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
In a semi-formal/journalistic register for published American English, "for you and me" is considered the preferred arrangement.
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
Traditionally it's considered "good form" to put the first person pronoun second, but colloquially I doubt many people care.
"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
Also consider better in British English. The prime example is the citation of Wolsey's so called 'disastrously ordered' 'ego et meus rex'.Axiem wrote:In a semi-formal/journalistic register for published American English, "for you and me" is considered the preferred arrangement.
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
Same thing in French with politeness considerations..
Re: Is it better to say "for you and me" than "for me and yo
Same thing in German.