In Nominative^x, Clauses^x, Conversations^x

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...

Malory, I don't think I can give you a response different from the one I posted to the WHO/WHOM/WHOSE thread... because that's what I know about these words! ~L~ "who" will be the subject of a clause (nominative form), while "whom" will be the object (objective form). This is as simple as I...

Who, whom and whose are relative pronouns. Who and whom are used for persons. They introduce relative clauses postmodifying the head of a noun phrase, and they are identical in form with interrogative pronouns but function differently. Who: nominative form. "The student who failed the test...