Thread: We've got enough problems of our own having you shooting at us

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

P.P.S. As a US English speaker, I would probably have phrased Ford's remark as "Hey listen! I think we've got enough problems of our own, what with you shooting at us..." or "...what with having you shoot at us..."

Actually, the sentence

Ford shouted out, "Hey listen! I think we've got enough problems of our own having you shooting at us, so if you could avoid laying your problems on us as well, I think we'd all find it easier to cope!"

sounds a bit odd in British English too. I wonder if there isn't a word missing, or the words got shuffled around a bit.

Not that the meaning isn't clear, but it just sounds a bit off. Throbert's sentence sounds better to me too.