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

[Chong Yu Meng]

Kurt Wall wrote:

>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
>  
>
Well, that would be in Singapore.  ;)

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