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Healer Posted 10 years ago
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"either of us" or "either of we" say?
I have seen it is written as "either of us say" where a subject is referred to. Should we say "either of we say"? It is a subject, not an object, just like "It is I" not "It is me" where one means a subject, though colloquially the latter is used more often.
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"Of" is a preposition and what follows is the object of the preposition, so it requires the object form of the pronoun. "
- "Of" is a preposition and what follows is the object of the preposition, so it requires the object form of the pronoun.
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"Of" is a preposition and what follows is the object of the preposition, so it requires the object form of the pronoun.
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