OT - predicate nominative (was Re: [PLUG] Next Perl Monger's Meeting)

[Ovid]

--- "glen e. p. ropella" <gepr at tempusdictum.com> wrote:

> 
> =><=><= "o" == Ovid  <publiustemp-plug at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> o> PS:  If you intend to flame me for this email, I already *know*
> that it
> o> should read "that's I" instead of "that's me."  It just sounds
> funny ;)
> 
> Are you sure?  I was taught that when the pronoun is in the subject,
> it's "I" and when it's in the predicate, it's "me".  "that's me" has
> the pronoun in the predicate, which means the "me" form is correct.

Yes, I'm sure.  "Is", in this case, is a linking verb and as such, the
pronoun in the predicate takes the nominative case.  Reference: 
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/case/nomcase.html

Cheers,
Ovid

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