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Lcchang Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
think
I thought it to be him.
I thought it to be he.
"It" is the object of the verb. "To be him" or "To be he" is the complement of the object. I would like to ask whether we should use "he" or "him" after "to be". I will appreciate it if you can explain it. Many thanks.
I thought it to be he.
"It" is the object of the verb. "To be him" or "To be he" is the complement of the object. I would like to ask whether we should use "he" or "him" after "to be". I will appreciate it if you can explain it. Many thanks.
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Lcchang I would like to ask whether we should use "he" or "him" after "to be". It is more natural to use the object pronoun in the predicate position, but neither sentence is common or native. I thought it was him.
- Lcchang I would like to ask whether we should use "he" or "him" after "to be".
- It is more natural to use the object pronoun in the predicate position, but neither sentence is common or native.
- I thought it was him.
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Lcchang I would like to ask whether we should use "he" or "him" after "to be".It is more natural to use the object pronoun in the predicate position, but neither sentence is common or native.
I thought it was him.
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