In Nominative^x, Clauses^x, Commas^x

Wow, thanks a lot, again!! Haha, you just make it harder and harder for me. O.k. i actually understand that somehow. So when there is a relative clause with the word who/whom, I need to look to see if there is parenthtical elements that can confuse me. If the words can be taken out and the...

I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is nominative. However, in this case (must be ***), we...

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I would say that it's not very commonly used, but it can be used occasionally in your compositions for variety, yes. I'd say it's a variation on a relative clause. ... plays ..., none of which were great successes but all of which were worthy of note. It comes close to being a...

There is also an excellent discussion on the usage of Who and Whom provided by American Heritage Dictionary: Usage Note: The traditional rules that determine the use of who and whom are relatively simple: who is used for a grammatical subject, where a nominative pronoun such as I or he...