In Accusative^x

That sentence is fine. "She" is the subject of the subordinate clause. The antecedent of "she" is "the owner". Also it's obvious whom is correct because it follows a preposition (always accusative, never nominative).

It's using a nominative pronoun where an accusative is required. A few decades ago it started to become fashionable to have children attend school without actually teaching them anything. The teachers corrected them, "Sarah and I", not "Sarah and me" without actually...

Hi AvangiI think some people call the past participle an adjective when it denotes a state, not an action. I have dealt with this before. If you are interested, you'll find my examples here.I just wonder what speakers of English would say if the closing of a door did take all night?...

Thank you all. YL, I already knew this. That's why I wrote in my first post "the accusative form seems to be used more, but some insist that the nominative one is preferable.".So, Philip and Avangi favour the nominative, and CJ the accusative. I see there's no agreement even...

Hi Tanit, Huevos recently made an impassioned plea for the accusative on a thread, "Nominative and Objective Pronouns - - - - - - Confusing!" Did you miss it? - A.Edit. Ah, I see you're referring only to the third person. Sorry. To my ear, there's no difference between...

If I were , I would ... I was taught that he | she | they should be used. I believe nowadays, him | her | them are more commonly used.

Hi,I'm fine with these: If I were you ..., If I were my sister ..., If I were John ...But how about "he", "she", "they"? Would you recommend that I use the nominative case If I were , I would ...I have obviously done some research, but...

"Between" is a preposition. Pronouns that follow prepositions are always in the accusative case, not nominative. It's a rule, not a matter of opinion. Here are some examples that wrongly use the nominative.He wrote a book about she.The girl passed between he and I.The bullet passed...

Having a dispute with a poster on another forum. He posted:"To be fair, literally is misused by a lot of people, the media included. Very few people would say figuratively, unlike you or I..."I think he should have used "me" at the end of that sentence but his argument...

It is not clear what you are expressing in these sentences.If you do something to someone, you need the accusative = herI saw her yesterdayI wrote to her last week I made her ill by giving her bad fish to eat If someone does something, you need the nominative: sheShe wrote to me last week.She...