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Ticce Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

How would you say it?

Correct me on the following. We say

This is a cat, isn't it?

But how to say

This is him (he), isn't it?

or

This is him (he), isn't it he (him)?

Plus

These are they, aren't the?

or

This is them, isn't it them?

Give me the right variants.
  

Top answer

This is what I think you will hear from all native speakers: This is him (he), isn't it? These are they/them, aren't they?

— Mister Micawber

  • This is what I think you will hear from all native speakers: This is him (he), isn't it?
  • These are they/them, aren't they?
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This is what I think you will hear from all native speakers:

This is him (he), isn't it?

These are they/them, aren't they?
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i read in an american book such a sentence

That was them?

How would you comment on it? Why not - that were they?
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That was them, not that were they-- because in times of confusion, the verb agrees with the noun in the subject position.
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