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Dear all,
I have met an interesting grammartical point, and I am really confused.
1. It is him who knows me the best.
2. It is he who knows me the best.
Which one is right?
Best regards,

gura gura nomi nguyen
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Hi,
Thank you for your question.
To explain, we should have a look at nominative case in which a noun or a pronoun plays a role of subject of the verb.
"John ate that cake."
"He is sawing off a dead tree."
"John" and "He" are subjects of the verbs.
However, "to be" is an exception in the cleft sentence (câu chẻ đôi)-a structure used to emphasise a specific person or event that was mentioned previously in the context.
"She fears snake."
"It is she who fears snake."
You see that "she" is a REAL subject that determines the form of the following verb "fears" while "It" is just a fill-in subject (chủ ngữ giả). "She" here is called "nominative pronoun" (playing a role of subject) and must be used, not "her"-an objective pronoun (playing a role of object).
From it, "It is he who knows me the best." is accurate while "It is him..." is not accepted in standard English -I think.
_________
Does it help ?
Edited by gura gura nomi nguyen, Jul 7 2014, 09:59 AM.

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Dear all,
I have met an interesting grammartical point, and I am really confused.
1. It is him who knows me the best.
2. It is he who knows me the best.
Which one is right?
Best regards,
For me,
1. It is him who knows me the best.(Wrong)
2. It is he who knows me the best. (Right) --> We use "Who" with the antecedent as a subject not an object.

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Hi, Thank you for your question. To explain, we should have a look at nominative case in which a noun or a pronoun plays a role of subject of the verb. "John ate that cake." "He is sawing off a dead tree." "John" and "He" are subjects of the verbs. However, "to be" is an exception in the cleft sentence (câu chẻ đôi)-a structure used to emphasise a specific person or event that was mentioned previously in the context. "She fears snake." "It is she who fears snake." You see that "she" is a REAL subject that determines the form of the following verb "fears" while "It" is just a fill-in subject (chủ ngữ giả). "She" here is called "nominative pronoun" (playing a role of subject) and must be used, not "her"-an objective pronoun (playing a role of object). From it, "It is he who knows me the best." is accurate while "It is him..." is not accepted in standard English -I think. _________ Does it help ? Edited by gura gura nomi nguyen, Jul 7 2014, 09:59 AM.
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For me, 1. It is him who knows me the best.(Wrong) 2. It is he who knows me the best. (Right) --> We use "Who" with the antecedent as a subject not an object. |
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