nomconjobjs: some factors

[Mark Mandel]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:

>
> I'm surprised that there has been no mention of the expression "We the
> people" used  as object, which appears repeatedly in current affairs
> writing.
>

Yeah, but it's a quotation. "For the good of us the people" doesn't have the
same ring or evocation.

m a m

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