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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Nominative and objective case

I am a coach for a local high school team that competes in mathematics, logic, and English.
We came across this during one of our tournaments.

Which one is the correct usage of the pronoun?

I want him to be me.
I want him to be I.

We know that him is in the objective case that is the subject fo the infinitive clause, but
we aren't quite sure if it should be me or I.
  

Top answer

"I want him to be me". The subject of the infinitive clause and the subject complement of the infinitive clause should both take the same case -- objective in this sentence. " Most native speakers are not comfortable with "I" anywhere in the sentence except in the subject position (normally at the beginning) of a finite clause.

— CalifJim

  • "I want him to be me".
  • The subject of the infinitive clause and the subject complement of the infinitive clause should both take the same case -- objective in this sentence.
  • " Most native speakers are not comfortable with "I" anywhere in the sentence except in the subject position (normally at the beginning) of a finite clause.
  • CJ
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"I want him to be me". The subject of the infinitive clause and the subject complement of the infinitive clause should both take the same case -- objective in this sentence.

Also, in modern English, the subject complement is most often in the objective case even in the main clause: "Who is there?" "It's me!" Most native speakers are not comfortable with "I" anywhere in the sentence
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0 It really should be: I want him to be like I am. Therefore, it would be: I want him to be I. 0-
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01font00ok, no offense, but this page does not help me at all.......i need to know what a nominative case is and an objective case is!!!! DUH! :-02font02h3

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yeah i agree.

i want him to be like i am.
so therefore it is i want him to be i.
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0objective:me, us, you him, her, it, them, whom;02br
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00nominative: I, we, you, he, she, it, they, who02br
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00nominative case- function of the subject02br
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00objective case- function of the object.0-
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It must be pronounced in the manner of an intellectually challenged person, and is meant to suggest that the other party's remarks amount to as much

Edit. Whee! This thing just popped up as a blast from the past! Sorry, guys! I guess it happens when my ring finger accidently drags across the fourth button of my mouse while I'm crossing the nest of in-site links. I never looked at
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Yoong LiatBy the way, what is 'DUH"? Is it an abbreviation for a phrase?
Hi,
You might want lo listen to this mp3 file from BBC Learning English (warning: nearly 600kb).
Although it focuses on "do'h" ("I'
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I am a 11 year old that might flunk english because of nominative and objective case what is the difference between the two.
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