In Nouns^x, American English^x, Possessives^x

He is in the predicate nominative case. However, in casual speech following "must be" we break the grammatical rule and use the objective case. .

Hi Zhuricki No, the rules haven't changed and there is no difference between British and American English here. 'In search of' is a special idiomatic phrase and means the same thing as 'looking for' or 'seeking'. As is normally the case with idioms, 'in search of' is a fixed grouping of...

Kooyeen, If you want to know how that idea is expressed in real spoken American English, here's how: They are almost always reworded to avoid a possessive adjective ( my , your , etc.) joined to another noun by and . Because of this, the 'problem' you pose is almost entirely...

Believer wrote: Thank you. There was a typo. Aside from that, why do you think Marius and the reference source seem have noted the phrase "a friend of my uncle's " and not "a friend of my uncle" as the only possible correct phrase? I must note that the phrase in the original post "a...