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I was in the metro today and Jon was with us.

Should I add the word "together" to this sentence or it is grammatically correct even without it and the addition word is just a matter of emphasize and elucidation?

I was in the metro today and Jon was together with us.

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  • "X was with us" is fine. Why wouldn't it be? Adding together sounds like you speak another language, even though it is formally grammatical.
    – Lambie
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 19:35
  • This issue wasn't clear to me. I used to say intuitively "He was with us" but later I hear someone that isn't native English speaker that said "He was together with us" and it made me confused and thinking maybe I'm wrong.
    – Virtuous Legend
    Commented May 19, 2018 at 20:11
  • Only the sentence "I was in the metro today and Jon was with us." is correct, do not complement it unnecessarily with "together
    – maria
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 18:45

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I was in the metro today and Jon was with us.

This is correct.

I was in the metro today and Jon was together with us.

Does not appear to be idiomatic or common English.

However, in Russian they often use a construction like "together with us." And, who knows, maybe many other world languages also have that phrase...

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