In regards to Who or whom, as with all other pronouns which have different cases, the case is determined by whether it is the subject (nominative) or object (of the verb or preposition) in its own clause. Is this right? Yes. (Sorry, my quote

Cool thanks Avangi. Just to make sure I have it right, here is what i think: In regards to Who or whom, as with all other pronouns which have different cases, the case is determined by whether it is the subject (nominative) or object (of the verb

Very informative and clear once again, thanks! I never realised there were rules around the contraction isn't! It is great to now know. One final question (I hope I am not over using your knowledge, haha) is in regards to this sentence.

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is."

MrPedantic wrote: What are we to make of the fact that adult native speakers often "self-prescriptivise"? Example: "Oh, hello, MrP. MissQ was just telling Randy and me – Randy and I – about L1 acquisition." MrP I read your

Right, Jim! That's why I used the term "erroneously" immediately afterwards, but I should have put it this way: "Examples of erroneous nominative "whom" used in embedded clauses." Or rather: "Examples of objective "whom" erroneously used

Monika asked, in {http://www.englishforums.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=70995} Could you please tell me when to use me or I? I received the following message from an Australian native speaker: ...This is exciting, not only for Sue but for you

May I jump in between you two? Normally nominative relative pronouns cannot be omitted while objective ones can. But, when there are inserted clauses within the relative clauses, they can be left out. The inserted caluses usually accompany