Using "we,they,I" with relative clause
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We who are engineers can get over problems easily
or
Us who are engineers can get over problems easily.
Which one is correct gramatically?
Top answer
Think about it this way. If you drop the subordinate clause, which would you say? We who are engineers can get over problems easily or Us who are engineers can get over problems easily.
- Think about it this way.
- If you drop the subordinate clause, which would you say?
- We who are engineers can get over problems easily or Us who are engineers can get over problems easily.
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Think about it this way. If you drop the subordinate clause, which would you say?
We who are engineers can get over problems easily
or
Us who are engineers can get over problems easily.
0We / us who are engineers can get over problems easily.
The personal pronoun is the head of the underlined noun phrase functioning as the subject, and thus must be nominative "we". The embedded relative clause "who are engineers" is simply an optional modifier which here plays no role in determining the form of the subject pronoun.
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