pronoun/antecedent agreement  Date: Mon Jun 03 1996 - 12:55:59
EDT  Marion Fox here on the question of the subject of a finite
verb again. Randy Leedy responded to my post by quoting me:
Marion Fox here:  >Have I been wrong to look for a nominative
case noun, pronoun, etc. >as the subject of these verbs?  If I
understand what YOU mean by "subject," Marion, the answer is,
Yes, you have been wrong. You seem to be using the word
"subject" differently from how grammarians use it. What you are
calling the subject is actually the antecedent of the understood
subject.  In the case in point, the element that satisfies your
search for something nominative is the personal ending on the
verb. Since that ending does not precisely identify the
intercessor, you must search (pronominal verb ending, if you
will), WHICH CAN BE IN ANY CASE  Marion here with another
question: If the antecedent of the pronoun (attached to the
verb) can be in any case what is the meaning of a noun in the
nominative case? You assert that the subj