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Pendeen560 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The women want to hire bicycles and we men want ...
Hi all!
"The women want to hire bicycles and we men want to hire a boat."
Is there anything wrong with the above sentence?
I think it should be
"The women want to hire bicycles and us men want to hire a boat."
What do you think?
Dave
Spain
"The women want to hire bicycles and we men want to hire a boat."
Is there anything wrong with the above sentence?
I think it should be
"The women want to hire bicycles and us men want to hire a boat."
What do you think?
Dave
Spain
Top answer
Hi; Do you think that this is correct? Us want to hire a boat.
- Hi; Do you think that this is correct?
- Us want to hire a boat.
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No.
Both my brother and I would naturally say "us men". We are both British.
I understand that "we" is the subject of the verb.
Would any other native speakers use "us" in this sentence?
Dave
Spain
Both my brother and I would naturally say "us men". We are both British.
I understand that "we" is the subject of the verb.
Would any other native speakers use "us" in this sentence?
Dave
Spain
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Grammatically, the subject in a sentence has to be in subject case, not object case.
The use of object case is nonstandard. I know it's colloquially "heard on the street."
The use of object case is nonstandard. I know it's colloquially "heard on the street."
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pendeen560Would any other native speakers use "us" in this sentence?I wouldn't use 'us' in that sentence, no. I believe I may have heard that way of using 'us', but it must have been rarely because it's only ringing a very faint bell.
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