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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 make an exception to this rule in all but very...

I would say She was I but Kooyeen delights in pointing out that I m in a 1 minority It comes down to what do you mean by correct and what do you mean by allowed and what register would you like to represent I like to think of the song lyric from the musical The Man From La Mancha I am I Don...

The so called object pronouns are actually acceptable in the predicate nominative position according to many modern grammarians Some say that it has been only the tendency of English grammarians throughout the centuries to create rules for English in imitation Latin grammar that has led to the...

There is no basis at all for including dative among the inflectional categories of the English noun And there is likewise no basis for including nominative or accusative or objective among the inflectional categories of the English noun English nouns have no inflections whatever except for...