Re: [tied] Romance Neuter Nouns (was: Lat. -idus)

From: petegray
Message: 36013
Date: 2005-01-19

> Pardon me, I have just one question as non-native speaker of English.
> Is that not "I agree with him" in this case? "He and I agree" sounds
> that properly in a such case where one person (miguel) already
> exprimed his own opinion and a second person (Peter) just join to his
> opinion?

If persons A and B independently express their opinion, we can then say "A
and B agree". If person A expresses his opinion, and person B wishes to
support it, we can say "B agrees with A." But we can also say either in
either case, because language is not precise.

Peter