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>>>>>>>>Oh, I don't mind a little fuzziness in a chat, but when I pick up a newspaper and read a story written by a supposed jounalist in which four paragraphs in a row contain the phrase "It was her who...." I admit to getting a bit chafed.
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>>>>>>>I'm never sure about "Give it to she/her who must be obeyed" I'd use the accusative/ablative, personally.
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>>>>>>I'd definitely go with 'her'. Accusative.
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>>>>>Aye, but isn't it ablative or dative, as it's "to her", rather than her being the object of the sentence? "It" is the object.
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>>>>Yes 'it' is the object of 'give', and 'her' is the object of the preposition 'to'. So I'd say it's dative.
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>>>We rock! These others haven't a clue what we're talking about, except Tamar and Dragan (and he's damn quiet of late - he hasn't posted since b4 Xmas AFAIK)
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>>You should set up some sort of admission process for those aspiring to the pedanthood.
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>>Dragan is in self-imposed exile for a while. Someone chuffed him and he said that's it, I'm taking my truck and going home. (Don't ask me who because that isn't for me to say). He'll be back.
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>Chuffed (over here) means you're pleased with something.d

It does here too, but remember, MIke hasn't been officially accepted into pedanthood yet.