Objective case

You is a subject complement there.

IvanhrYou is a subject complement there.

Yes. But is it in the nominative or objective case?

tkacka15Is a complement "you" in the objective case in the sentence The next candidate will be you?

Yes. If you choose a pronoun where there is a difference, e.g. "I/me", the objective case is seen to be the natural choice.

I think that its function is that of a predicate nominative. I'm not 100% sure so you can wait for a second opinion.

tkacka15Is a complement "you" in the objective case in the sentence The next candidate will be you?

It's neutral, there's no inflectional distinction. CGEL calls it 'plain' case, which seems a sensible name for it.

BillJ

BillJIt's neutral, there's no inflectional distinction. CGEL calls it 'plain' case.

What about in "The next candidate will be me"?

fivejedjon BillJIt's neutral, there's no inflectional distinction. CGEL calls it 'plain' case.What about in "The next candidate will be me"?

You know perfectly well what it is, so why are you asking me? In any case, what's it got to do with the OP's question about "you".

BillJ

BillJ tkacka15Is a complement "you" in the objective case in the sentence The next candidate will be you?It's neutral, there's no inflectional distinction. CGEL calls it 'plain' case, which seems a sensible name for it.BillJ

Thank you for your reply.

BillJou know perfectly well what it is, so why are you asking me?

If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.

BillJn any case, what's it got to do with the OP's question about "you".

With 'you' there is no difference between the subject and object forms or, presumably, the 'plain-case' form. With 'I/me' we can see.

I suppose it is debatable whether there are two cases that happen to be identical, or no cases. In my experience, tables of English pronouns tend to adopt the former approach (i.e. they list "you" in both columns, rather than treating "you" as a separate case where the concept is not applicable).