Author Topic: Urgent Question(s) (Read 1861 times)

Icarus · « **on:** January 27, 2006, 12:18:32 PM »

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I think any university would be fortunate to have a student such as her.

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I think any university would be fortunate to have a student such as she.

Brinestone · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:20:58 PM »

How about "like her"?

Icarus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:22:25 PM »

*nod*

Thanks.

pooka · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:25:02 PM »

I'd go with her, though I'm not sure if my reasoning is correct. Either the pronoun is the object of the preposition as, or it is equivalent to "student" which is syntactically accusative. I don't know why there is the temptation to use "As she".

You're not as green as Me.
Your're not as green as I.

As is a preposition, isn't it? I guess it could be one of those weird in betweener words and some people are using it as a pseudo-verb of being.

I'm just always suspicious of people using nominative pronouns.

Oh, well if you are writing the sentence, why not "Any university would be lucky to have her as a student."

Jonathon · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:36:48 PM »

I believe that in this case, as is a conjunction and takes a noun in the nominative case. However, I like Ruth's alternative much better.

Racheli · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2006, 05:58:06 PM »

I think it's "such as she." Because really, it's "such as she [is]."

Jonathon · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2006, 06:12:50 PM »

If you subscribe to that sort of logic, anyway.

Nathan Novak · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2006, 06:28:28 PM »

I subscribe to nothing!

Porter · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2006, 08:08:08 PM »

I've been meaning to subscribe to Popular Science.

Jonathon · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2006, 08:46:17 PM »

I've always liked Popular Science, but it's been a while since I've read it.

pooka · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2006, 09:42:33 PM »

Can other nouns be replaced with she? I'm too tired to do it right now.