trace pronoun

[sagehen]

>In a message dated 2/16/2002 1:55:27 PM, sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM writes:
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><< I think HIM is the subject of [to] resign. >>
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>If it is the subject, then why is it marked as an oblique? I can't imagine
>anyone saying, "...  whose superiors refuse to let he resign."
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The question of whether infinitives have objective case subjects has come
up here before.  I hold that they do.  As in "I want him to resign."  I
think arnold zwicky had some contrary evidence for other sorts of
constructions.
AM