For example, in “This is she,” the subject of the sentence is the pronoun “this,” but the “she” in the predicate refers right back to “this.” They’re one and the same.

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News about Grammar and Usage, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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She claimed that grammar-mongers effectively silence voices straining to be heard. It’s an interesting point, but do people really go around correcting strangers’ grammar?

Grammar Reference Subject-Verb Agreement 1 Verbs always agree with the subject noun in a sentence: I always go to work early. She always goes to work early. We are old The house is old.