Thursday, October 08, 2009
The Order of Persons
Usually, the Second Person-the Third Person-the First Person (II-III-I) is the order we follow when we want to mention all the three Persons in a context.
eg. You, she and I should meet the manager now.
However, there may be occasions when we have to share the credit of the success we may achieve or to shoulder the burden for the failure we may suffer. While the II-III-I order can be used in the former case, the I-II-III (the First Person-the Second Person-the Third Person) order is preferred in the latter.
eg: I, You and John are responsible for the defeat in the match.
# posted by Anglophile @ 10:48 AM 
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