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This problem of the subject complement is an ongoing debate. It caused because nouns in English don't differenciate between subjective and objective. Only English pronouns do that. In everyday speech and writing the pronouns used in this instance are almost always objective case and if...

Another set of patterns occurred to me. These sometimes give learners trouble, and it's a good idea to practice them until they are automatic. They are drills on 'subject pronoun + auxiliary verb' contractions. Type X1: he's, she's, I'm, you're, we're, they're Type X2: he'll, she'll,...

Hi NewforspeedWelcome to the forums. Anyone with some knowledge of English can tell that you didn't write your questions yourself. Someone else did that for you, but I'll give you some answers anyway.1. There were only 4.5 million speakers of English in Shakespeare's day. There are three major...

The noun after the verb is to be in nominative case and not in accusative. I think you mean this to be true in the case of a pronoun after a linking verb only. Taking your "rule" literally, we must have They invited we. because the pronoun is after the verb, the conditions under which...

You mustn’t kiss each other while the Teacher is teaching. OK; it's forbidden You aren’t allowed to talk when the Teacher teaches. OK; you don't have the permission Instead of speaking Vietnamese, you must always/ often speak English. ... you must speak English: obligation You mustn’t eat...

English people DO have trouble with Greek accents. One interesting problem is the difference in intonation. In Greek, a sentence will always end with the voice rising in tone if it is a question. In English this is not always so. In fact if you speak English like this it might give the impression...

Hello again, Mask. I musunderstood your question, but I see what you mean now. Just like many other English words, "than" belongs to more than one class. It is a preposition in sentences like "She is taller than me", and it is a conjunction in sentences like "She is taller than I (am)." In other...