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    The nominative case is used for the subject complement, which follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. True linking verbs include any form of "to be", become, and seem, while verbs like appear, feel, and sound can be either linking or action depending on whether they can be substituted with an equal sign without changing the sentence's meaning, indicating they are linking in that instance. Examples provided demonstrate the subject complement renaming the subject after a linking verb, such as "Brandon is a gifted athlete" and "Ben is a policeman".

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    The nominative case is used for the subject complement, which follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. True linking verbs include any form of "to be", become, and seem, while verbs like appear, feel, and sound can be either linking or action depending on whether they can be substituted with an equal sign without changing the sentence's meaning, indicating they are linking in that instance. Examples provided demonstrate the subject complement renaming the subject after a linking verb, such as "Brandon is a gifted athlete" and "Ben is a policeman".

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    The nominative case is used for the subject complement, which follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. True linking verbs include any form of "to be", become, and seem, while verbs like appear, feel, and sound can be either linking or action depending on whether they can be substituted with an equal sign without changing the sentence's meaning, indicating they are linking in that instance. Examples provided demonstrate the subject complement renaming the subject after a linking verb, such as "Brandon is a gifted athlete" and "Ben is a policeman".

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    CASES OF NOUNS

    NOMINATIVE

    1. SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

    A subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking


    verb.

    The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the


    verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been,
    etc.], become, and seem. These true linking verbs arealways linking verbs.

    Then you have a list of verbs that can be


    linking or action: appear, feel, grow, look, prove,remain, smell, sound, taste,
    and turn. If you can substitute any of the verbs on this second list with an equal
    sign [=] and the sentence still makes sense, the verb is almost always linking.

    Read these examples:

    Brandon is a gifted athlete.

    Ben is a policeman.

    Ella was a ghost

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