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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

We or us?

What is correct?

Us people or we people?
  

Top answer

Both are quite possible: We people are hungry. They fed us people. What is your sentence?

  • Both are quite possible: We people are hungry.
  • They fed us people.
  • What is your sentence?
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Both are quite possible:

We people are hungry.
They fed us people.

What is your sentence?
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Hi, Anonymous,

I was taught that if you can eliminate the noun and the sentence makes sense, 'us' or 'we' is the correct choice.

We people are hungry.
(Eliminate 'people' and you have 'We are hungry', not 'Us are hungry'; thus 'We' is correct.)

They fed us people.
(Eliminate 'people' and you're left with 'They fed us.' You wouldn't say 'They fed we'; hence 'us' i

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