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Is it us girls or we girls?

It should be “We girls have sold.” But “they gave us girls the prize” is correct because “they gave us the prize” is also correct. BUY THE BOOK!
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Which is correct to us or to we?

When choosing between "we" and "us" you need to determine if it is the subject or the object of a verb. "We" is a subject pronoun and is used in subject position. "Us" is an object pronoun and is used in object position.
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Is US or we plural?

Is we or us? We and us are both first person plural pronouns. Pronouns take the place of nouns in sentences. Both we and us refer to groups of two or more people that include the speaker or writer.
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Is it US students or we students?

"We students" is correct. The students are the subject of the verb, so you should use the subject form of the pronoun. If the students were the object of the verb, you would use "us". For example, "The teacher yelled at us students who had not studied."
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Is it US Americans or we?

The use of "We Americans" comes from writers with a reputation, whereas the use of "Us Americans" is in casual internet postings. The formal and "correct" usage is "We Americans".
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Is it correct to say US Americans?

The only officially and commonly used alternative for referring to the people of the United States in English is to refer to them as citizens of that country. Another alternative is US-American, also spelled US American.
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Is it we citizens or U.S. citizens?

US is pronounced 'you-es', so you should say “a US citizen”.
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Is it us teachers or we teachers?

If that phrase is the subject of a sentence, you'll use we: We teachers need to express our concerns to the administrators. But your phrase is not the subject; rather, it's the object of the preposition, so for us teachers is the way to go.
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Is it mom and us or mom and we?

“We” becomes “I” in the singular and “us” becomes “me.” “Our mothers and us are going shopping” becomes “my mother and me are going shopping”—which is wrong. So the sentences should read “My mother and I are going shopping” and “Our mothers and we are going shopping.”
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Is it us as well or we as well?

You cannot say "as well" without a verb, so "Me/we as well" is incorrect. "We're going to the party tonight." "Us too." = "We are as well."
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How do you use us in a sentence?

(the object form of we) used when the speaker or writer and another or others are the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be She gave us a picture as a wedding present. We'll take the dog with us. Please let us in.
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Is it us or us in an essay?

In its publications, the MLA uses the abbreviation US. (Practices among publishers vary, however, and it is not incorrect to use U.S. Whichever abbreviation you choose, be consistent.) The MLA prefers to spell out the name United States in the main text of a work, in both adjective and noun forms.
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Is it we all or all of us?

Use "all of" before words like "us," "you," "it," "him," and "her." (These are called personal pronouns.) For example: All of us know the secret. All of them think they're special.
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Can you use we and us in a formal essay?

Do not use first-person pronouns ("I," "me," "my," "we," "us," etc.). Using these expressions in analytical and persuasive essays can make the writing wordy, can make the writer seem less confident of his or her ideas, and can give the essay an informal tone.
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Is US Boys correct?

"We boys" because it is the subject of your sentence; you need a subject pronoun. Edit: an easy way to tell which pronoun you need (we/us) is to remove the noun.
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Is it we brits or us brits?

In the UK we often use it to refer to a large group of people that includes the person communicating. "Us Brits have to stick together." Many linguists will argue that it should be "We Brits", as in "We few, we happy few..." (thanks Shakespeare), and they have a point, but when we say "us" we sort of mean "all of us".
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Is it our friends and we or us?

“Our friends and we” is the correct usage, although the grammatically incorrect form is common in informal usage.
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Is it my parents and us or we?

If it is the subject of the verb, say “We and our parents.” If it is in object position, say “our parents and us.”
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Is we and you singular or plural?

A few examples of singular pronouns are 'he', 'she', 'it', 'I' and 'you'. The words 'we', and 'they' are plural pronouns.
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Is us three grammatically correct?

The use depends on context The Rule is to go with what you'd use if the other word (three) wasn't there. As a pronoun “us” is correct You can find us three there. (three is redundant) You can find we three there. REMOVE “THREE” You can find us there.
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Is we was grammatically correct?

It is never correct to say, "We was..." Why? Because we is plural. We always "were"...
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Is us a first-person pronoun?

Yes, the personal pronoun we and the related pronouns us, ours, and ourselves are all first-person. These are the first-person plural pronouns (and our is the first-person plural possessive determiner).
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What is my nationality if I was born in USA?

General Requirements for Acquisition of Citizenship at Birth. A person born in the United States who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is a U.S. citizen at birth, to include a child born to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe.
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Who is a U.S. national but not a U.S. citizen?

Section 308 of the INA confers U.S. nationality but not U.S. citizenship, on persons born in "an outlying possession of the United States" or born of a parent or parents who are non-citizen nationals who meet certain physical presence or residence requirements.
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Can anyone be a U.S. citizen?

Generally, people are born U.S. citizens if they are born in the United States or if they are born abroad to U.S. citizens. You may also derive U.S. citizenship if you were under 18 and a lawful permanent resident when one or both of your parents naturalized, or after adoption by a U.S. citizen parent.
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