"Who he may
be, let him be," is also correct. By transposing, and by omitting be,
we have "Let him be who he may."
"Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein." When, as in this case, the verb is widely separated
from its object, we need to give particular care to the case of the
pronoun which constitutes the object. They should be them.
Silent Predicate
"Who will go with us to the woods? Me." The complete answer would be,"
Me will go with you to the woods," the faultiness of which is evident.
The answer should be "I."
After "Than" and "As"
The objective pronoun is often incorrectly used for the nominative
after than or as.
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"He can swim better than me." The complete sentence would be, "He can
swim better than I can swim." The omission of the verb can swim
affords no reason for changing I to me.
"He is no better than me." Say, "He is no better than I," meaning, I
am.
"They are common people, such as you and me." Such people "as you and
I are." The pronoun should be I, not me.
Parenthetical Expressions
When a parenthetical expression comes between a pronoun in the
nominative case and its verb, the objective is often incorrectly used
instead of the nominative.
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