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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun

If I were her, I would be in love with you

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If I were she, I would be in love with you
  

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If I were she, I would be in love with you. If I was her, I'd be in love with you

  • If I were she, I would be in love with you.
  • If I was her, I'd be in love with you
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If I were she, I would be in love with you.
If I was her, I'd be in love with you
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After linking verbs the object case of the pronoun (is me, were her, was him, etc.) is completely acceptable in modern English. The subject case after forms of to be (considered very formal) can seem very awkward to the ear:

-- Who has been taking charge of this task?
-- ?It has always been we.

CJ

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