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#387967 Wed, 04 Jul 07 03:47 PM

Hi,

I read from somewhere that said that if you are not sure of the fact whether a pronoun is the subject or object, you should turn the sentence around, but I am not sure how it works or is supposed to work.

The worst student is her. -- What is the subject here? I think it is 'student',

To test this, you should turn the sentence around.

Her is the worst student.

Doesn't work so the proper pronoun is 'He'.

I don't know still. Can you explain it in?? another way?

Anonymous

Nouns, Pronouns

Philip

#388015 Wed, 04 Jul 07 05:06 PM

Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

I read from somewhere that said that if you are not sure of the fact whether a pronoun is the subject or object, you should turn the sentence around, but I am not sure how it works or is supposed to work.

The worst student is her. -- What is the subject here? I think it is 'student',

To test this, you should turn the sentence around.

Her is the worst student.

Doesn't work so the proper pronoun is 'He'.

I don't know still. Can you explain it in?? another way?

Your little test works here, but the proper pronoun would be 'she'. Student = subject, she = predicate nominative (when the subject is named again in the predicate).