Is it correct to say "why you pick us" in a sentence?

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As titled,

Actually, we always use this sentence in a way like:

this is the reason why you pick us

rather than in a question sentence, but what I am wondering is whether it's correct to use a sentence like the above one in American or British English? Or we must use the complete sentence like

why do you pick us?

"Why do you pick us?" is a question. "This is the reason why you pick us" is a statement. — Kate Bunting, Mar 24 '21 at 13:41
In your usage, being selected is a common ocurrence. Someone picks you more than once, for example "the job is always dirty, this is the reason why you pick us." Otherwise it would be "this is the reason why you picked us." — Weather Vane, Mar 24 '21 at 14:20
@JohnLawler I don't think the phrase was meant as a question in itself, and edited the title to suit. — Weather Vane, Mar 24 '21 at 14:26
Does this answer your question? "Explain the reason why" or have some reason you or have some reason why you? — Edwin Ashworth, Mar 24 '21 at 14:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '21 at 14:33

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In a direct question (such as Why do you pick us?) we invert the subject and the auxiliary. Do is needed if there is no other auxiliary.

In an indirect or embedded question, which is not a sentence but functions as the subject or object of another verb, we do not invert the subject (and so we do not need the auxiliary do): This is the reason why you pick us.

answered Mar 24 '21 at 14:33

Colin Fine

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For me, the ‘why’ is a little awkward in there. It’s colloquial but if I were writing formally I’d drop it to get: “This is the reason you picked us.” – Jim Mar 25 '21 at 05:00
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Indeed: my father used to fulminate against the redundancy in the reason why. Nevertheless it is comon. – Colin Fine Apr 03 '21 at 16:25

Is it correct to say "why you pick us" in a sentence?

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