Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

I understand that it should be "It was he" or "It is I" grammatically, but I thought everybody favoured 'him' or 'me' in those places. This can not be extrapolated to 'whom' then? Your analysis is

I agree with B about "He is a teacher." In that case, teacher is the predicate nominative. It's not an object. I agree with you that "that he loved me" serves as a noun phrase.

Please tell me why this sentence is correct: Alcohol and tobacco are harmful to whoever consumes them. I thought that if the pronoun is a direct object then the objective case is used. However, it is appropriate to use the nominative case when the

XD: I've just been thinking about the differences, and trying to come to some guidelines. Here it goes... Those can introduce a relative clause; them cannot. Those can be used in nominative case; them cannot. Examples: I like those who tell

1. Can you tell me who her sister is? (Her sister is Mary)Mary is object. I supposed that it should be whom. I don't know why it should be whom. It shouldn't be "whom." This is a being verb ("is"), and it doesn't

If something is a nominative phrase, it serves as the subject of the clause. Thanks, GG I would like to understand what it means, see some examples "The bad boy blushed." "The bad boy" is the nominative phrase in this sentence.

It's I who has to apologize; and it's we who have to apologize. Explanation: "It is a singular noun, therefore "It's" is correct even when "we" is the predicate nominative because the verb agrees with the

I wonder too whether the second clause qualifies the entire predicate of the first clause, rather than just "containment" or "crews": Hi, MrP I think you are right!!! It is an absolute phrase. An absolute phrase modifies a

For my brother to feel, that he does not know the right term, must seem a real impediment. Hi frankie, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. Nix the comma after "feel." The feeling is bad. If this were your sentence, the