 though not verbally Latin, yet it is the outcome of the Latin grammatical doctrine that the verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. This is a plain instance of the invasion of idiom by grammar.  State Normal Monthly - Page 26by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia - 1897Full view - About this book
 | 1892 - 724 pages
...Roman and the Latin. When we say 'It is me' we do but translate 'c'est moi' ; and as for 'It is I,' though not verbally Latin, yet it is the outcome of...plain instance of the invasion of Idiom by Grammar." While it seems to us possible to question the correctness of Professor Earle's treatment of the history... | |
 | John Earle - 1890 - 612 pages
...and the Latin. When we say ' It is me ' we do but translate ' c'est moi ' ; and as for ' It is I,' though not verbally Latin, yet it is the outcome of...doctrine that the verb to be takes the same case after it before it. This_is_a,j>lain instance of that invasion of Idi by Grammar which has been spoken of above.... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Emma C. Davis - 1891 - 232 pages
...the city. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Wrong Case of the Pronoun after the Verb To Be. The verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. This rule holds good when there is a noun or pronoun in the objective case before the infinitive. Examples... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Emma C. Davis - 1896 - 232 pages
...the city. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Wrong Case of the Pronoun after the Verb To Be. The verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. This rule holds good when there is a noun or pronoun in the objective case before the infinitive. Examples... | |
 | 1892 - 652 pages
...Roman and the Latin. When we say 'It is me' we do but translate 'c'est moi'; and as for 'It is I,' though not verbally Latin, yet it is the outcome of...plain instance of the invasion of Idiom by Grammar." While it seems to us possible to question the correctness of Professor Earle's treatment of the history... | |
 | 1895 - 526 pages
...conjunction, and joins pc<ice aud bread. Lot is a common noun, nominative case; the predicate noun after the verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. My is a possessive pronoun, modifies lot. An Ancient Proverb. Self-Education—Thoughts From Pestalozzi.... | |
 | Franklin Reinhardt Heath - 1896 - 296 pages
...Pronouns. Rule T. A pronoun agrees in person, number and gender with the word that it represents. Rule 2. The verb to be 'takes the same case after it as before it. EXERCISE 4. Copy the following sentences, correcting errors. i. Let each esteem others better than... | |
 | 1896 - 292 pages
...Pronouns. Rule i. A pronoun agrees in person, number and gender with the word that it represents. Rule 2. The verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. EXERCISE 4. Copy the following sentences, correcting errors. i. Let each esteem others better than... | |
 | 1908 - 1182 pages
...intervention of a clause containing another verb. It would never be made if one simple fact were kept in mind. The verb to be takes the same case after it as before it. If one of the THE CORRECT USE OF WORDS. finite tenses be used, both the subject and the subject predicate... | |
 | John Oxenham - 1908 - 348 pages
...jumped. • " It's him," said Miss Georgie. " He!" said Miss Pauline, with a sparkle of amusement. "The verb 'to be' takes the same case after it as before it." fired off an objectionable word on her own account at Prince Charlie on the opposite headland, and... | |
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