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Hi, Eddie, thanks for catching my "it's." I make that error about 60% of the time and catch it on re-read about 90% of the time.I think A. Stars answered you well on "That is he." There are two issues: the grammar issue, and the usage issue.Re the grammar, there are...

On second thoughts I believe Yoda would say: "My friend, Maria is." (OSV). Does that mean the predicate nominative is some kind of object? Sorry to be asking such stupid questions but this parser thing really has really baffled me by saying "my friend" was the subject.

So what happens if we were to reverse it: "My friend is Maria", are we also reversing the roles? And what if we were to add a comma: "My friend, is Maria" is that the same? Or is it now an inversion or some kind of Yodaspeak?

Maria is my friend. Maria is the subject. my friend is the predicate nominative. My faith and my morning coffee are my salvation. My faith and my morning coffee is the subject. my salvation is the predicate nominative. The verb agrees with the subject. Five dollars is not a lot to pay for...

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...

Hi, One more predicate noun/adjective question. The grammar book gives examples like: Predicate noun: The cat is black. 'Black' is an adjective here, not a noun. Predicate adj: The cat is mangy. But then the very first sentence where I'm supposed to identify p. noun or p. adj. says: ...

Sorry - I'm new to this forum and can't figure out how else to post except to reply to your post. One more predicate noun/adjective question. The grammar book gives examples like: Predicate noun: The cat is black. Predicate adj: The cat is mangy. But then the very first sentence...

If it is commonly used by native writers and speakers, that seems a good enough reason for calling it standard. Meaning is derived from consensus, after all. However there is a difference between how native speakers use their language, and how some people think they should use their language....

Anonymous wrote:Hi folks. Google brought up this forum when I did a search on "this is he" "this is him", so I thought I'd try to help. I can tell you that (at least from my own experience) it is quite common for people in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic U.S. to answer the phone with a "this is...

Hi folks. Google brought up this forum when I did a search on "this is he" "this is him", so I thought I'd try to help. I can tell you that (at least from my own experience) it is quite common for people in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic U.S. to answer the phone with a "this is he/she." I personally...