Sunday, June 23, 2019

pronouns - Yes, this is she. Who's calling?

I've read in a book that I should "use the subjective case if the pronoun is the
complement of the linking verb to be".



That is the following sentences are correct:



They believed that the thief was I. /
Hey, it's I. /
Yes, this is she. Who's calling?



OK, a rule is a rule. I don't mind using it, but I have a question for native speakers:




Is this way to say it heard in everyday speech? Will it sound deliberate/unnatural if I use it?

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