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C3A3e
Predicate Nominative
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Although "It's me" has become commonly accepted
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in informal English, it is still not considered proper in
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formal written English. In formal English, the old
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saying "
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Be
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takes the nominative" still holds true.
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Nominative refers to the "case" of the pronoun.
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Pronouns take different forms depending on their
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function in a sentence. These different functions and
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the forms that correspond to those functions are
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known as cases. Subjects are in the nominative case;
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objects are in the objective case; and nouns and
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pronouns that show possession are in the possessive
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case. See
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Personal Pronouns
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C3A3d.htf
for examples of
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pronouns used as subjects, objects, and possessives.
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When a pronoun follows any of the forms of the
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verb
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to be
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and refers to the subject, the pronoun is
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called a predicate nominative and should be in the
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nominative case (the "subject case").
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It was I.
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I am she.
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It will be he who wins the award.
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