<p>I'm not sure about the SAT's stance on this. I've looked it over, and it seems that the subject pronoun is usually accepted in formal english.</p>
<p>i.e. :
It was I.
It was she.
It was he.</p>
<p>However, the objective pronoun is so commonly used:</p>
<p>It was me.
It was her.
It was him.</p>
<p>Which one does the SAT consider to be correct in such a construction? It was (object or subject pronoun)</p>
<p>I’ve seen many hundreds of SAT writing questions but never one that quizzes this topic. </p>
<p>However, I believe there is an absolute grammatical concensus on the correctness of the use of the predicate nominative.</p>
<p>Uh, I think the predicative nominative can be either an object or subject pronoun. Could someone clarify a little more? Thanks.</p>
<p>It should be a subject pronoun.</p>
<p>I remember told that “It is I” is correct, so I would assume “it was I” is also correct.</p>
<p>Inherently, the predicate NOMINATIVE is a subject pronoun.</p>
<p>The SAT will definitely consider the construction that is formally correct to be correct. The predicative nominative is named that way because it involves the nominative case–which the the subject case. The specific example you have given is unlikely to be tested, but you might want to review who/whom–another case where colloquial English uses incorrect forms. (This may be more relevant to the ACT.)</p>
<p>Thanks! You guys helped alot =]</p>