Timeline for If a clause is a direct object, its pronoun is nominative because the whole clause is the object
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| May 1, 2014 at 10:58 | vote | accept | nbhr | ||
| May 1, 2014 at 6:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/461748712650584065 | ||
| Apr 30, 2014 at 17:38 | comment | added | F.E. | Or more simply put: "(that) he would go today" is a declarative content clause, and its subject would always be "he"--it doesn't matter at all what function that clause is fulfilling in the matrix clause. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 17:36 | history | edited | F.E. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formated, a bit of editing--note that OP's question is about the subject of a declarative content clause.
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| Apr 30, 2014 at 14:40 | answer | added | Apple Freejeans | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 12:07 | comment | added | msam | "he" is nominative because it's the subject of the argument clause "[that] he would go today" | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 12:06 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | In a word, yes. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 12:06 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Apr 30, 2014 at 11:55 | history | asked | nbhr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |