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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Parts of sentences
Hi,
I forgot the term used to ask for the names of parts of a sentence. Please tell me if you know. Anyway, what are the parts involved here?
It is he whom you saw last night.
Why can't it be?
It is him you saw last night.
I forgot the term used to ask for the names of parts of a sentence. Please tell me if you know. Anyway, what are the parts involved here?
It is he whom you saw last night.
Why can't it be?
It is him you saw last night.
Top answer
It is him you saw last night. Him is an objective pronoun. Formal usage requires that the nominative case be used after a linking verb.
- It is him you saw last night.
- Him is an objective pronoun.
- Formal usage requires that the nominative case be used after a linking verb.
- In informal usage; however, it has become customary to use the objective case after linking verbs.
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It is him you saw last night.
Him is an objective pronoun. Formal usage requires that the nominative case be used after a linking verb.
In informal usage; however, it has become customary to use the objective case after linking verbs.
Him is an objective pronoun. Formal usage requires that the nominative case be used after a linking verb.
In informal usage; however, it has become customary to use the objective case after linking verbs.
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