Real0ne
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail First you realize the word "People" is a proper noun right? No, it is not. It is a pronoun. 'the People of the United States' is; with the use of the preposition 'of' (linking it to the United States) does not describe Ron Melby only and specifically (my name is a 'Proper' noun) but is intended to describe that class of people (We) situated in the like circumstance of all the confederacy whos nomenclature is the United States. And beyond that, there isnt a goddamn thing. The opening phrase does not describe a class at all but creates a class. The proof is in the 1790, 1795, and 1802 statutes at large. Now I understand why you get so much law etc bassackwards.... So from that respect this has been very informative. Ok cuz I am such nice guy I will take a moment to show you how its done: We is a nominative neutral non-count diectic plural tantum pronoun that frames a collective inflection and operates both as a joint subject and also a predeterminer for the word "People". ("We" may refer to the Ron Clan, a proper noun [or object name] denoting a specific Clan, or maybe even a bunch of esquires since esquires (attorneys) wrote the constitution and they are people too, well on second thought) The article "the" is the determiner of the word "People" referencing a "specific" collective inflected by "We" therefore the proper noun "People" as a collective as a singular object. Like saying "a People". Likewise "the"+"United States" denotes the "United States" yet another collective as a singular proper noun object. "of" makes the j+ connection which treats the word "People" like a prepositional object. "People" is both the predeterminer and object modified by the preposition "United States". We joins with a collective specific singular proper noun object "People" that carries the plural collective meaning as a singular object on to the plural collective singular object "United States" so the "noun phrase" structure is grammatically and syntactically legitimate. It goes without or should go without saying that the word "people", a noun, modified to "Proper Noun" object limits the contract to the a specific group or class (whatever) of "people" determined by the meaning of the pronoun "we". Ron's error is that a pronoun is a word used "in place" or to "replace" a noun whereas the word people is a noun, where Capitalizing makes it a "Proper Noun" as I said, all nicely according to hoyl, and We the People of the United States together form the compound noun phrase subject of the comma delimited noun clauses. MAny nouns are legitimately used as captonymns. quote:
Delivered in the virginia convention on the eighth section of the federal constitution Mr. Chairman: IT IS now confessed that this is a national government. There is not a single federal feature in it. It has been alleged, within these walls, during the debates, to be national and federal, as it suited the arguments of gentlemen. [snip] That means the arguments were bullshit. I have the highest veneration for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask, Who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the people, instead of, We, the states? [snip] ~Patrick Henry
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"We the Borg" of the us imperialists....resistance is futile Democracy; The 'People' voted on 'which' amendment? Yesterdays tinfoil is today's reality! "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session
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