Example Sentences:
* It is she who won the award. (She is the predicate nominative, referring to the subject "it".)
* The winner of the race was he. (He is the predicate nominative, referring to the subject "The winner of the race".)
* The people who helped were they. (They are the predicate nominative, referring to the subject "The people who helped".)
* The mystery guest is I. (I is the predicate nominative, referring to the subject "The mystery guest".)
* Can it be you who did this? (You is the predicate nominative, referring to the subject "it".)
Explanation:
* A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.
* It follows a linking verb (such as "is," "are," "was," "were," "seems," "appears," etc.).
* In these examples, the personal pronouns (she, he, they, I, you) are used to rename the subject of the sentence.
Key Points:
* The predicate nominative is always in the nominative case, which is the same case as the subject.
* Personal pronouns change form depending on their function in a sentence. For example, the nominative forms of "I" and "me" are "I" and "he," while the objective forms are "me" and "him."
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