[Fwd: Bounce action notification]
Matthew Carpenter
matt
Mon May 17 12:00:44 PDT 2004
dep wrote:
>quoth Bob:
>| 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.
>
>nicely put, but dead wrong.
>
>
That's how I was taught from childhood. What would you say is appropriate?
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