Grammar Geek  +  867804 Wed, 19 Aug 09 01:30 AM Someone linked to this from another forum and I liked it so much I wanted to share with you: http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/04-15/rules.html   This is the bit I particularly liked, referring to the "rule" about always using the nominative after the verb "to be": My advice would be this: If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Nominative

	Yankee  +  867834 Wed, 19 Aug 09 01:53 AM Grammar Geek “If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.” Sounds like good advice to me. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,502 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	CalifJim  +  868091 Wed, 19 Aug 09 06:03 AM Grammar Geek “I wanted to share with you” Thanks!  Pullum can be a funny guy.  (He is wrong about split infinitives, however.     I'm a die-hard on that one!) CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,447 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Tanit  +  868229 Wed, 19 Aug 09 08:35 AM Grammar Geek “ If someone knocks at your door, and you say "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.” I thought it was a teacher of English (most likely, a non-native one) Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,037 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages