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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

predicate nominative?

Hi,

I was told that when you use the word 'than' in a comparative sense, you use the subjective form for what comes next.

Sue is a better swimmer than he

Sue swims better than he.

But if we have to tell others about the identity of a person unknown hitherto, do we always to use the subjective form for what follows the verb 'is'?

eg,

Who was that beautiful woman who danced with the prince at the mask party last night?

She was I
  

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I was told that when you use the word 'than' in a comparative sense, you use the subjective form for what comes next. Actually it depends on its function in the clause. The following are two different statements.

— CalifJim

  • I was told that when you use the word 'than' in a comparative sense, you use the subjective form for what comes next.
  • Actually it depends on its function in the clause.
  • The following are two different statements.
  • She likes you better than he.
  • She likes you better than him.
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I was told that when you use the word 'than' in a comparative sense, you use the subjective form for what comes next.
Actually it depends on its function in the clause.

The following are two different statements.

She likes you better than he.
She likes you better than him.

To be clear, add the verb do after the subject f
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First, you don't have to use the nominative case of the pronoun: She's a better swimmer than me is far more common. You must use the nominative if the rest of the clause is there: She's a better swimmer than I am. Without the clause, I sounds stilted to many nowadays.

Pronouns on the predicate side of a sentence commonly appear in objec
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I would say "She was I", but Kooyeen delights in pointing out that I'm in a 1% minority. It comes down to, what do you mean by "correct"? - and what do you mean by "allowed"? - and what "register" would you like to represent?

I like to think of the song lyric from the musical, The Man From La Mancha: "I am I, Don Quixote!" "Correct grammar should be confined to art,
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Kooyeen delights in pointing out that I'm in a 1% minority.
LOL. That does sound like Kooyeen, all right! But we must allow him his freedom of expression!
what do you mean by "correct"? - and what do you mean by "allowed"? - and what "register" would you like to represent?
The lines are quite blurry at times. The American Heritage D
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