STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

squishy · Coach

grammar police! i need your help!

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

I've confused myself so I've edited multiple times, but I'm stickin with this.
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I can never remember this one, but I think it's she because if you were to flip it, you'd say "She was equally nervous as her father."

*When a third-person pronoun replaces a subject, use "he" or "she." When it replaces an object, use "him" or "her."

Incorrect: The person I saw stealing the watch was her.
Correct: The person I saw stealing the watch was she.

-- Edited by tri_sarah_tops at 12:47, 2007-06-05

-- Edited by tri_sarah_tops at 13:00, 2007-06-05

-- Edited by tri_sarah_tops at 13:02, 2007-06-05

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_proncase.html

BTW: This is the best writing/grammar website out there
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

-- Edited by pollyjean23 at 13:04, 2007-06-05

atlgirl · Gucci

She. If you look at that first sentence alone, it essentially states,

Her father was equally as nervous as she (was). You wouldn't say "her was", so it's she. Though to really be a stickler, you'd want to say it one of two ways:

"Her father, as nervous as she, refused to..."

"Her father, equally nervous, refused to..."

At least, that's my 2 cents' worth. :)

brazilian · Dooney & Bourke

I'm probably not the best person to answer, but I believe its she.

squishy · Coach

AWESOME. thanks girls!

i'll share the wealth with y'all:

Lilykind · Hermes

my verbal skills went out the door after I stopped writing papers and became an accountant, but I think it's she.

Thanks for sharing the wealth! biggrin

NCshopper · Hermes

atlgirl wrote:

She. If you look at that first sentence alone, it essentially states,

Her father was equally as nervous as she (was). You wouldn't say "her was", so it's she.

Ditto. That's also what I thought.

Teresa · Kate Spade

agree with everyone...its she

blubirde · Chanel

atlgirl wrote:

She. If you look at that first sentence alone, it essentially states,

Her father was equally as nervous as she (was). You wouldn't say "her was", so it's she. Though to really be a stickler, you'd want to say it one of two ways:

"Her father, as nervous as she, refused to..."

"Her father, equally nervous, refused to..."

At least, that's my 2 cents' worth. :)

ditto - to everything

congrats on the free drinks!