I wish you fucking foreigners would leave the US politics to we Americans. — T Clark
leave the US politics to we Americans — T Clark
The sons of bitches should leave the US politics to us Americans. "Us" is the object of the preposition "to". — BC
Don't be so selfish Clarky. Learn to share. — Changeling
I have two American grand-children. And I do have expectations that America is better than what Trump wanted to make it. — Quixodian
What's the basis of your judgement that the DOJ indictments are "fake"?More fake word crimes levied from a political DOJ towards the regime’s biggest opponent. What’s new? — NOS4A2
I learned a new lesson on English grammar this morning, — javi2541997
why can't the pronoun 'we' be the object of a preposition? — Changeling
I wish you Americans would stop making unreasonable demands of the rest of the world and then act surprised we take issue — Benkei
Note my correction of BC. — T Clark
I am aware that this is not the correct thread to discuss these things — javi2541997
I asked myself that question while I was writing the post. I think you're wrong. "We" is not the object of the prepositions, "Americans" is. — T Clark
"I" is the subject of the sentence, "wish" is the verb. The dependent clause "you fucking foreigners would leave the US politics to we Americans" is the object of the verb "wish". "Americans" is an object of a preposition, but so is the pronoun you used with "Americans". The pronouns "we" or "us" emphasizes that the speaker is part of the collective noun "Americans" and not a third party, — BC
The Ancient Order of English Majors endorses grammar discussions in any thread on any topic. One must exploit the teachable moment. — BC
They knowingly made false accusations that Trump knowingly made false claims. — NOS4A2
There's no basis for claiming Smith "knowingly made a false allegation. You obviously didn't read the indictment. Here's a bit of the evidence Smith presents:They knowingly made false accusations that Trump knowingly made false claims. — NOS4A2
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