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Speaker Writer Refer People Pronoun Noun Make Clear

word us
definition
pronoun
A speaker or writer uses us to refer both to himself or herself and to one or more other people. You can use us before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are referring to.
Neither of us forgot about it.
Heather went to the kitchen to get drinks for us.
They don't like us much.
He showed us aspects of the game that we had never seen before.
Another time of great excitement for us boys was when war broke out.
Us is sometimes used to refer to people in general.
All of us will struggle fairly hard to survive if we are in danger.
Each of us will have our own criteria for success.
A speaker or writer may use us instead of 'me' in order to include the audience or reader in what they are saying .
This brings us to the second question I asked.
In non-standard English, us is sometimes used instead of 'me'.
'Hang on a bit,' said Eileen. 'I'm not finished yet. Give us a chance.'
cefr-level A1

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