By Compound subjects, Pronouns

During my recent trip through western Canada, I came across a number of people who used 'him/her' as the subject pronoun when used in a compound subject: "him and his uncle arrived later"; "him and his son did such-and-such"; "her and her friends had tea at the Banff Springs Hotel". I can't...

"They and we" (as well as "We and they") sound VERY strange. If they are we are both doing this thing (as a compound subject), wouldn't we just say "We all" or "We both"? If you want to emphasize that "they" are different from "us," then I'd use each pronouns with its own verb. "The fact that...

1. Because the two types of power are separately stated in their entirety (rather than phrased as 'braking and engine power'), the speaker seems to be considering them, and the listener seems to be urged to consider them, two different items-- a compound subject-- which would require are. If...

Hi, it's me, Ralf, the starter of this thread. Thanks for your answers so far. A post in another thread pointed me to the "American Heritage - Book of English Usage", where I found this section: According to the standard rule, when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or appear,...