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Syngerical Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Doing or Receiving Noun

When trying to know when to use him vs he or I vs me, most grammar lessons say to look for who is doing the action and who is receiving the action, and the examples are always simple like "He gave the ball to her" or "I threw the frisbee to him". Sometimes I come across sentences like "The winner of the award for the fastest pizza eater is (he/him)", and i'm not sure if that's considered doing or receiving. How can I know?
  

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Syngerical Sometimes I come across sentences like "The winner of the award for the fastest pizza eater is (he/him)", and i'm not sure if that's considered doing or receiving. How can I know? Don't focus on doing or receiving with linking verbs; there is no action.

— Mister Micawber

  • Syngerical Sometimes I come across sentences like "The winner of the award for the fastest pizza eater is (he/him)", and i'm not sure if that's considered doing or receiving.
  • How can I know?
  • Don't focus on doing or receiving with linking verbs; there is no action.
  • Nowadays, most weight is given to whether the pronoun is on the subject side (preceding) or the predicate side (following) of the verb: The winner is him.
  • He is the winner.
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Syngerical Sometimes I come across sentences like "The winner of the award for the fastest pizza eater is (he/him)", and i'm not sure if that's considered doing or receiving. How can I know?
Don't focus on doing or receiving with linking verbs; there is no action. Nowadays, most weight is given to whether the pronoun is on the subject side (preceding) or the
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Mister MicawberDon't focus on doing or receiving with linking verbs; there is no action. Nowadays, most weight is given to whether the pronoun is on the subject side (preceding) or the predicate side (following) of the verb:The winner is him.He is the winner.
I do wish we had the disjunctive pronouns! C'est mo
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