hey guys, I have question about the following sentence.
The fastest man is he.
the fastest man is him.
I believe that the first sentence is correct? Because the pronoun of the subject the fastest man is following a to be verb? The reason I ask is because this sentence sounds really awkward.
Subject pronoun uses.
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Re: Subject pronoun uses.
After the linking verb "be", the pronoun form is:SkyFox wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:46 pm hey guys, I have question about the following sentence.
The fastest man is he.
the fastest man is him.
I believe that the first sentence is correct? Because the pronoun of the subject the fastest man is following a to be verb? The reason I ask is because this sentence sounds really awkward.
- subject (very formal - and technically correct)
- object (informal and idiomatic)
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