<OT>Grammar (Was "Re: [Fwd: Bounce action notification]")

[Kurt Wall]

In a 1.5K blaze of typing glory, Bob wrote:
> Sorry I'm late on this, but--
> When you use any form of the verb 'to be' ( is, was, has been, what some
> refer to as helper verbs) a predicate nominative is required.  Those are the
> I, we, they, he, she) of the personal pronoun not me, us them, etc.  Kurt
> wasn't the only one.  We  bitch about the California schools?  Where did all
> you folks go to school?  Course I went a few years ago, but just retired 12
> years ago.

Quite so. I should have written "It was I." I shall report to the
Author Flogging Room immediately. 

Kurt
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It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
		-- Andrew Jackson