William wrote:

Well, I wrote it the same as if I was saying it in a conversation.

I have just noticed. I wrote "was" but should it have been "were"?

William

I think the subjunctive in English is very largely ignored these days. If I were you I wouldn’t worry about it!

Well, I wrote it the same as if I was saying it in a conversation.

I have just noticed. I wrote "was" but should it have been "were"?

William

Perhaps it is some sort of language feature to indicate that whereas "us" would complete the set upon which "some" operates, that using "we" indicates that there is more to come to describe the set upon which "some" operates.

Done unconsciously because of being fluent in one's native language.

William

Some of (we older people) here

yet

Some of us here

YET NOT

Some of we here    SIC, SHOWN AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING WRONG

though.

William

Well, what?

Well, I would say “some of us” rather than “some of we” (and likewise, “some of them” rather than “some of they”). You could, of course, avoid the issue altogether by omitting the first three words (to leave you with “Older people…”) or the second and third words (leaving “Some older people…”).

Some of we …

Hmm.

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William