8.166 linking pronouns

You can put 'and', 'or', or 'not' between a pronoun and a noun group, or between two pronouns.

• Howard and I are planning a party.
• She and I have a very good relationship.
• If you or your husband have paid enough contributions, you are entitled to a grant.
• I felt that the new plant should bear his name, for he, not I, had done the work.

When you say something about yourself and someone else, you usually put the pronoun or noun group referring to the other person first, and the pronoun referring to yourself second.

• My sister and I lived totally different kinds of lives.
• You and I must have a talk together.
• ...a difference of opinion between John and me.
• The first people to hear were the Foreign Secretary and myself.

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For information on how to coordinate more than two noun groups, see paragraph 8.188.