<p>O Silverturtle,
O mighty Silverturtle,
O please answer my grammar question pretty please:</p>
<p>Which one is "correct".</p>
<p>I wish there was someone... </p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>I wish there were someone...</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>I’m no silverturtle, so I’ll leave the final judgement for him. But in the meantime I believe it should be the second option “I wish there were someone” because the sentence implies a wish/hope and thus uses the subjuntive mood, not the indicative.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s the subjunctive mood “If I were” so it should be were. I think.</p>
<p>I wish there were someone…</p>
<p>“Someone” is counterfactual; you want someone to exist but really, he or she does not at the moment. Therefore you need the subjunctive mood.</p>
<p>FYI, same goes with this case: "If I were you… blah blah "</p>
<p>^Right-O.</p>
<p>I have a question, too.
“I don’t care whom you are” or “I don’t care who you are”?
Grammar-wise, “You are him/her”. Rght? –> “you are whom” –> “I don’t care whom you are”
Sounds weird, but it is supposed to be correct. Right??
Or, is this one of those expressions that are so widely used that incorrect ones are considered correct?? Thanks, guys!</p>
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<p>I believe it is. I think “whom” would be the proper pronoun in the sentence you used above.</p>
<p>And OP, I’m quite sure that “were” is required; the subjunctive is probably required (like in French) when wishing is expressed.</p>
<p>i dont care who you are is correct
you use the case that matches its function in the clause, regardless of the clause’s function in the overall sentence</p>
<p>i dont care whom you give it to, just give it to somebody!
i dont care who answers the question, i just want to know the solution!</p>
<p>backtous, the correct form would be “You are he/she.” When you answer the phone, and someone asks if backtous is there, the correct response is “This is he/she.” It will also freak out the person who is calling.</p>
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right. the grammatical backing is that are is a linking verb, so whatever on the other side is either a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective. In this case, it is a predicate nominative, so it must be in the same case (nominative) as the noun on the left side of “are.” Well you can’t tell in this case because you is the same in both the nominative and the accusative case but for another pronoun and its counterpart between which a distinction exists (for example, I vs me or he and him), we would say (usually in response to someone’s behind-the-door inquiry “who is it?”) “it is I” and if they ask who is that shady guy standing next to you then you’d say "it is he who brings good-will (or cookies or what have you)</p>
<p>^I stand corrected.</p>