nomconjobjs: between you and me/I

Randy Alexander strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
Mon Feb 22 17:25:17 UTC 2010


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> And does one use
> subjective/objective for English, or nominative/accusative? Â (Or
> nominative/objective?)

CGEL prefers nominative/accusative, on the grounds that these forms
also occur in non subject/object position.

It was *I* who found it.
Kim objected to *him* being given such preferential treatment.

p472

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