Subjects & Objects
"That is me." Why is this incorrect and why should we use "that is I" please?
I think we can't say the pronoun "that" can't act as a subject: That is a keyboard.
Who is she?
Here, too, "who" is not considered as the subject apparently! Is its reason the same as above?
What makes her happy?
OK, here "what" is considered as a subject!
I suppose the issue related to the problem is in the use of "to be" words, in the first two sentences above.
Do you agree?
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" Why is this incorrect and why should we use "that is I" please? It's ungrammatical because a subject complement provides more information about the subject of the sentence, so the subject form of the pronoun should be used. KhoshtipMan Here, too, "who" is not considered as the subject apparently!
- " Why is this incorrect and why should we use "that is I" please?
- It's ungrammatical because a subject complement provides more information about the subject of the sentence, so the subject form of the pronoun should be used.
- KhoshtipMan Here, too, "who" is not considered as the subject apparently!
- Is its reason the same as above?
- It's a question pronoun in form functioning as subject complement.
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KhoshtipMan"That is me." Why is this incorrect and why should we use "that is I" please?
It's ungrammatical because a subject complement provides more information about the subject of the sentence, so the subject form of the pronoun should be used.
KhoshtipManHere, too, "who" is not considered as the subject apparently! Is
0KhoshtipMan"That is me." Why is this incorrect and why should we use "that is I" please? I think we can't say the pronoun "that" can't act as a subject: That is a keyboard.
It's not incorrect; it's fine.
“Me” is predicative complement of “be” in its specifying sense. There is no rule in English grammar requir
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