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BarbaraPA Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
It is I!
Someone linked to this from another forum and I liked it so much I wanted to share with you:
http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/04-15/rules.html
This is the bit I particularly liked, referring to the "rule" about always using the nominative after the verb "to be":
My advice would be this: If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.
http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/04-15/rules.html
This is the bit I particularly liked, referring to the "rule" about always using the nominative after the verb "to be":
My advice would be this: If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.
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" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know. Sounds like good advice to me.
- " and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in.
- It's no one you want to know.
- Sounds like good advice to me.
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Grammar GeekIf someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.Sounds like good advice to me.
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Grammar GeekI wanted to share with youThanks! Pullum can be a funny guy. (He is wrong about split infinitives, however.
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Grammar Geek If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.I thought it was a teacher of English (most likely, a non-native one)
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