we/us native speakers

**Tan Elaine** · 30-May-2009, 18:23

Your English seems as good as that of most of we/us native speakers.

Should it be 'we' or 'us'?

Thanks in advance.

**engee30** · 30-May-2009, 18:29

Originally Posted by Tan Elaine

Your English seems as good as that of most of we/us native speakers.

Should it be 'we' or 'us'?

Thanks in advance.

It's only us that is correct, Tan Elaine. The object of any preposition is the object form of a pronoun.

**Offroad** · 30-May-2009, 19:21

His English is as good as you.

His English is as good as yours.

simpler, huh?

**engee30** · 30-May-2009, 19:26

Originally Posted by marciobarbalho

His English is as good as you.

His English is as good as yours.

simpler, huh?

In this case, it should read:
Your English seems as good as ours, native speakers'.

**Offroad** · 30-May-2009, 19:40

Originally Posted by engee30

In this case, it should read:
Your English seems as good as ours, native speakers'.

It seems.... ==> you guess or think it is good.
It is .... ==> you are positive it is good.

**Tan Elaine** · 31-May-2009, 04:48

Thanks to both of you.

**dragn** · 31-May-2009, 15:28

There's no comma in this structure. It should read:

Your English seems as good as that of most of us native speakers.

Greg

**Soup** · 31-May-2009, 16:16

Originally Posted by dragn

There's no comma in this structure. It should read:

Your English seems as good as that of most of us native speakers.

Greg

I'll second that.

**Mr.Vu** · 31-May-2009, 16:53

I think that sentence should be:
"Your English seems to be as good as ours native speakers."
Am I right?

**dragn** · 31-May-2009, 17:08

I think that sentence should be:
"Your English seems to be as good as ours native speakers."

Nope, sorry. This structure doesn't take a possessive adjective; it takes a pronoun.

Greg

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